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I have one hen in my flock who is raising three babies she hatched herself. She’s raised them for seven weeks now in a crate inside the chicken coop, and I’ve started letting them out to be with the rest of the flock this week. Outside and roaming everyone gets along, but putting them back in...

Hey there! I just joined BYC! This is my first year with chickens. Bought 24 brown layer chicks this spring and they’re about 9 weeks old now. We resurrected an old coop that was custom built 50+ years ago for my husbands late uncle. My two kiddos (2,4) are loving the adventure of chickens far...

Hi everyone! My name is Allison. I am 28 and live in northern CA. I have been married for 4 years and have two kids and just found out we have another one on the way...why not start a new flock too?! We have two cats and a golden retriever and we are excited to start our own family flock! Are...

It just hit spring time here and Tempest has laid a single egg and I put it in a little plastic kennel with some pine shavings and she wants to sit on the single egg without compiling a nest of several, she is desperate for children and here I am getting ready for us all to move in a month what...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Still pretty new! I started my backyard flock about 4 months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I’ve been through the ringer already starting out on this journey. We started with 5, 1 week old pullets. They spent...

hello, so we used to have two ducks, but they migrated and they came back last year, not this year! :( I want to get some more but I'm having a hard time convening my mom. we have a lake and lots of chickens that the others got along with!

Hi! I'm IjsChickenMama and I am so excited to join BYC! I'm going to be really boring and copy paste -- my brain is fried thanks to upcoming finals. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, had them for about a month and a half now. (2) How many chickens do you...

Dears all, I have a broody hen hatching 5 chicks. Now, the chicks are 23 days old. Until yesterday they did not have any problem and mom did her best protecting them. But, this morning when I woke up, I heard noise, once I went to the coop, I saw the mom pecking at two of the chicks brutally...

Hi I’m Katie! I’m a momma of two crazy toddlers and we live in currituck North Carolina! I have falling in love with incubating and I’m working on my second batch! I hatched my first set of eggs and got two great chickens, but then a critter got them. So we are trying again and I also have two...

Alright.So ya'll areprobably fed up with me posting threads about animals.I post here because I am not allowed to join other forums, most of the time. But, My sister and I have come up with a plan.To Attempt it, Or to not attempt it, is the question.We are thinking to attempt, the...

Hello! I'm new to raising chickens and we just got our first 17 yesterday! I have no idea what breeds I have. I bought a verity pack. I was heartbroken today as we lost one tonight. It had a pasty butt. I cleaned it and separate it from the others, kept it warm and try to revise it with some...