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We have one chicken hatched this year that I am really smitten with, looks wise. I think she's really neat. I'm going to try to breed more of them this coming spring and then maybe breed them to each other and see what happens. She started out white and she has slowly added color into her...

Who here raises them? Who here raises them using the "official" protocol? And who here has actually eaten them? Just for kicks...is there anyone who has eaten them raised "officially" and has also had them raised in the "regular" way, which to me means free ranging and supplementing with meat...

Saturday is harvest day for our 50 Kosher Kings. I have a nasty Silky rooster that I'm thinking of culling too. I hear that Silkies are "delicacies". I also have a slew of young male Silkies and a half dozen young backyard crossed, mostly heritage breeds, that I'm considering harvesting. When...

It's much bigger than it's sister. A little hard to tell that from the second photo, but I couldn't get a better perspective. They are both half Easter Egger. The hen may have been a Black Star or Whiting. It's really it's size that makes me think rooster, but maybe it's just a big girl???

I have many breeds of chickens, but I have several Bantam Cochin hens that are literally bald on the tops of their heads. One of the hens has been broody since spring. She's not having feathers pulled from mating. We have four coops, the hens are in two of the coops and no other chicken is...

My husband and I put this hoop house up to raise 50 meat birds. We’ll be putting up fencing so they will be able to free range when they’re older. We gave it a General Store facade to make it more appealing. This winter we’ll plant some greens and cold crops in it. Both sides roll up four...

@Mouthpear I seen that you mentioned making your own. Can you, or others, point me to instructions? I need a half dozen doors and buying them would break the bank. Thank you!

The three smaller ducks...they are Cuyahoga/Khaki ducklings. Thank you.

Mom with seven chicks available. Will sell chicks apart from mom as well. Mom is almost a year old. I have two more Satin Silky chicks and on Bantam Cochin chick available as well. Cochin not pictured. Mom with chicks $30. Chicks $2 each. 43532 zip code. Meet in any DG parking lot within...

On 4/4, the neighbor texted me to say that our duck was there and had a dozen eggs in a nest. (They’re an elderly couple and they love the ducks. The male and female are actually named after the couple.) Anyway, the eggs still haven’t hatched. She crosses the road twice daily to take a dip in...

One of the hens didn't make it into the coop last night. I found her this morning laying in the yard. Her head and neck are nothing but bones and lot of her back has been eaten as well. We lost another hen a couple of weeks ago, but it's injuries were completely different, attacked at the vent...

I have a 9 month old buff orpington who didn't go in to the coop tonight. When I picked her up, I noticed that her bottom is covered in loose very smelly droppings. She is definitely acting off. Her eyes are clear and seems fine otherwise, but she is dipping her bottom as though she needs to...

I've ordered my meat chicks for the year and this time I doubled the order. I usually split 25 chickens between a hoop house and a chicken tractor and let everyone free range during the day. With 50 chickens, I am looking for another option. I'm wondering if electric netting would keep predators...

Last year my female duck hatched one female duckling. If either of them start sitting, it is, obviously, very likely that the daughter's eggs will be in the nest and will have been fertilized by her father. Should I not allow them to sit or will the ducklings be ok? And then what about those...

We're getting ready for our second chicken harvest. Is there a reason people only cut the side or sides of the chickens neck instead of just taking the whole head? Wouldn't taking the whole head be a quicker death?

This is my mystery chick from McMurry. I’m going to assume its a rooster, but I’m not sure if the breed.

Notice the tiny chicken on the left. It’s the same age as all the rest. It’s a Buff Orpington, as is the chicken on the right. Is this some form of chicken dwarfism?? Can I expect it to have issues? These came from McMurry. They are a month old.

I have a hen that was hatched in April. She is a Heinz. She was hatched with 3 other backyard birds and 10 bantam cochins. I've noticed that she's been distancing herself from the BC. Today I found her in the run napping (they are free ranged). She has no discharges or obvious symptoms going...

Our chicken has hatched 8 babies. She still has 8 eggs, but I think they're not going to hatch. The babies were hatched during the last 24 hours. She choose a bad spot for a nest. When would be the best time to move her? At night? Or during the day? Do you think any more would hatch? She seems...

This is Chuck. He’s Cayuga/Khaki Campbell. Can anyone figure out if he’s really Chick or more of a Chuckita??