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I keep one of these in the coop.

I separate anything that looks questionable and candle again after 3 days.

I bought one of these for collecting eggs on the floor. I have a bad back. Chickens are naturally ground nesters.

That's 120 feet of run space. You could technically fit 12 chickens, but I think 7 is perfectly reasonable.

High nineties, feels like in the hundreds most days, running 50 to 80% humidity.

In a sense. I feel those that don't struggle with the heat are more likely to survive here long term. While not a cause for culling, it's something I need to keep an eye on.

Panting, wings flared, huddling in deep shade, eating less, drinking more.

One of the Rangers, one of the Marans, and one of the Speckled Sussex are showing no signs of heat stress. On the other hand, three of the Buckeyes aren't heat stressed and one of them actively prefers foraging. No sign of heat stress on any of the cross breeds. This is one of the few times I...

3 today, 4 yesterday. One of the new pullets has started laying. Her fourth egg today. The eggs in the picture are three of hers.

Wait till you're 40. Or maybe 30. As you get older, you don't see yourself as older. Everyone else looks younger.

Yeah, being pulled over by someone who looks like a teenager...I swear they were older when I was younger. 😂

I still think Cookie is chocolate chip. 😁 (cockerel)

Am I too late for chicken eggs? Just set a batch.

I have one. It was a brief episode as a chick and has never recurred. Her head would fall and she would scuttle backwards until she hit something, then flop wildly for a second and walk away as if nothing happened.

Look up chicken epilepsy. As long as he's behaving normally otherwise and isn't wildly flapping during his performance, I'd just keep an eye on him.

Looks like a pullet to me. No pointy hackle or saddle feathers (probably wouldn't show at 6 weeks anyway), no color in the comb or wattles, very horizontal carriage. If this is a cockerel, it hasn't started puberty yet.

I'll be setting another group of eggs some time this week. Coyotes or dogs got my sister's cockerel again so I'll set some of his eggs ((JG x RIR) x RIR/(Biel x JG)/(Biel x BA)) and some of my own. Mine will be ((JG x RIR) × BA). There's a possibility of a few Ranger eggs in the group, and also...

Officially six weeks. The smallest has the best camouflage, but she's half the size of her siblings so I don't think I'll keep her. This group really prefers foraging. Whether that's due to Mama's teaching or a natural inclination, they don't even look at the food in the morning but just go out...

Biel x Jersey Giant Biel x Jersey Giant x BA (currently six weeks)

Did she start laying young? Could this be my layer?