After months of anticipation and preparation, I finally brought home my five sweet little Dominique pullets! Please meet Pepper, Poppy, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger. One is already showing quite a personality, and they're all currently out in their coop/run on a cold and rainy New England day...
This may be an unusual request (but knowing other chicken people... maybe not?), but I'm looking for a young bantam Australorp pullet after losing my beloved "garden therapy" chicken last year. She was a real one, but I've read that the Australorp temperament is pretty similar to hers and they...
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We're a young family, striving for self sufficiency on a small island off the coast of New England. We've fallen in love with chickens! We've got two buff Orpington hens, eight black Australorp Hens, one Black Australorp Rooster('Slick Jagger' soon heading to a hobby farm in CT.) and a...
Not unlike pregnancy, building our chicken coop took about 9 months of hard work, worrying, waiting, and wondering. Along the way, we appreciated the journey for all its highs and lows, successes and disappointments, lessons and memories. There was blood, sweat, and tears...And with one final...
Looking for a single male gosling to raise with some chicks in mid May? We live in southern Maine and would rather pick up a local gosling instead of ordering one online.
I have been raising and breeding chickens for over five years as a hobby only. My significant other and I have purchased 320 acres in rural Vermont (Northeast Kingdom) and are in the early stages of building our homestead. I would like to start breeding and selling rarer breed chickens as a way...
I recently purchased an insulated dog house for my one male Pekin duck and I’m worried that it isn’t keeping him warm enough. The dog house is from the company Dog Palace and they offer an extra feature of a heater that would be safe for my use. I worry about not leaving him water at night but...
Hi! I wanted to start a thread for Bantam Breeders/Owners in New England. All Bantam Breeds welcome, even new odd/lovely crosses. What state are you from and what Bantam breed do you have?
Spring 2020: I've been quietly lurking on BYC for four years, planning, waiting... And last October, my small city relaxed the chicken keeping laws, allowing flocks of up to 6 hens on a residential property, if properly registered. Over the winter, I hatched my plans, and in March–just before...
Hi everyone,
Just want to introduce myself a bit. Name is Josh I live in Rhode Island and for Mother's Day my family is deciding to surprise my mother with chicks and to start a small family homestead. We have 3 RI Reds, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Buff Orpington, and 2 Easter Eggers. We are picking the...
2 pullets for sale located in Worthington, MA
Black Sex Link & Black Jersey Giant both are about 13 days old. $10 for both at the moment since Ive only fed them a couple weeks. Sweet girls. Purchased as pullets. Also wing and vent sexed. We also have hatching eggs blue, pink, cream, brown...
I have read some articles recently about using sand as bedding inside our chicken coop and I'm looking for some feedback/more information/answers about this method. We are currently using the deep litter method with straw in our coop but it gets pretty smelly after a few weeks and its hard to...
Hi there,
My apologies if this is a redundant topic, but I have searched high and low for months now in an effort to track down some local people in the New England region, particularly NH, who are looking to sell/swap eggs/chicks.
I have been researching much of the winter looking at...
Young (~5 months) pair of Silkie project birds. Healthy, sweet, available to a good home through no fault of their own. Cockerel and pullet (similar to one another) red Pyle/Millie cross. Metrowest Boston area.
Just sharing some pictures from today!
I'm new to chicken life but I'm enjoying to learning curve.
Gotta love when the gate opens and the dogs NEED to check out the chicken run and the chickens NEED to check out the dog yard. I guess the hay is always fresher on the other side...
Mindy the...
As I head into my first winter with chickens in CT, I'm starting to get nervous that I haven't done enough to prepare for winter cold, especially after last night.
I'll post some pictures of the coop, the modifications I made for the coop, the run, and the modifications I made for the run. Any...