backyard chicken

  1. ChknMama4

    New here!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? As the ones that feed/water/care for them? Yes. New to chickens. However, my parents currently have lots and have for a few years, and we raised a few when I was 5 or 6 years old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We...
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  2. divineangel94

    Theives?

    So my chicken coop is right next to my house and on the other side there are woods. I know all about predators but would anyone try to steal my chickens? Especially the way it's set up?
  3. mmmyyykkkeee

    Introducing our new chicken pen

    Hello chicken lovers. Please support me with my vlogging journey by subscribing to my youtube channel youtube.com/c/TheRedChickenPenChannel please feel free to message me to give advise on how i can improve and help our co-chicken lovers with their backyard farming. Thank you!
  4. S

    Newbie Introduction from Alaska!

    Hi everyone! I'm Sarah and I live in Alaska... I've owned every sort of animal out there except for chickens and I'm looking to change that! I'm wanting to become a "backyard chicken owner" and keep a few hens for egg-laying purposes only. So I have a lot to learn and discover! (1) Are you new...
  5. divineangel94

    Cause of death?

    About a month ago I had a hen who was squirting out green water. She had lost a lot of weight, would drink a lot more than normal, and would sit with her chest puffed up, and would keep to herself, and would sleep standing up in that position. One day I looked out the window and saw her fall...
  6. R

    Backyard coyotes

    We lost two of our sweet pullets yesterday to neighborhood coyotes. We believe a coyote jumped our back chain link fence (the rest of the perimeter is a 6 ft tall wooden fence). I didn't think a coyote could jump a fence, but the feathers on the grass / coyote peeking in proved me wrong! We...
  7. CVB30

    Hello from Mesa, AZ

    Hello, I’m Chris currently living in Mesa, AZ with my wife Miranda and 2 1/2 yr old Elliot Rose. We have been talking about starting a backyard mini flock and garden for years now. Our daughter pushed us over the edge a few months ago when she fell in love with chicks at the local feed store...
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  8. Chickgirllex

    I need some help properly identifying these chicks. Please help as I'd like to know what they are.

    Here are some pics of my girls and guys that I would like to know the breed of. I know the black rooster is a black jersey giant but I think he may be mixed. My chicks that are black and white are supposed to be Dominiques but I think they are cuckoo marans as they dont have rose combs. And the...
  9. LovingDucks

    Starting flock in North Florida

    I acquired 4 baby chicks from our Ag Teacher at school, and I am looking to add a couple of chickens to my flock My current chicks are roughly 2 weeks old, and are suppose to be silver laced wyandotte crossed with Ameraucana. I plan on keeping the two friendliest that are hens and selling or...
  10. L

    Puffed up, low energy chicken

    Help! I'm new to owning and caring for backyard chickens...my lavender orpington is 10 weeks old. This morning we went to the coop and she was very puffed up and her feathers looked very unkempt. She has had a couple loose stools, little to no appetite, not moving around much. She will drink a...
  11. otterhousehold

    Bumblefoot taking over our flock... we need help!

    Hello! We have 4 backyard ducks that are all about 8 months old and within the past 2 months they have ALL developed small to very large cases of bumblefoot either on one or both feet. We are not sure how they are getting cut -- possibly the concrete blocks they were using to get into their...
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  12. S

    Crowing Hen?

    So I got a 12 week old Buff Orphington pullet back in April. It only took her a couple weeks to start laying and quickly became the head hen of the flock. About a month ago, we went broody. But it started while my husband a I were away on vacation for about 2 weeks and the 'feather baby sitter'...
  13. alexthefarmlady

    Baby chicken in bad shape please help

    I went to my farm Feed store today and I realize a baby chicken with a injured leg so I asked to see it and I didn’t think it was this bad Any suggestions of what I should do . I take care of injured animals all the time and But not baby chicks so I’m kinda worried . Also if anyone can tell...
  14. ASchwartz13

    New to raising chickens.

    Hi my name is Amanda. I work as a pediatric nurse but, my first love was animals. My husband, daughter and I have 5, two and a half month old chickens. We got them when they were a day old. We haven't ever had chickens before so it's all a learning process for us but, a fun one to say the...
  15. H

    Taneytown, MD: Chickens

    Greetings! My goal is to request that the district regulations that contain animal husbandry as prohibited, instead allow for a small flock of hens within city limits of Taneytown, MD. Currently there is no animal husbandry allowed in the residential districts. I spoke with the Director of...
  16. AmyTraurig

    Why should backyard chickens be allowed in residential neighborhoods?

    Hello my fellow backyard chicken friends. I am meeting with county officials next week to discuss backyard chickens. Currently poultry are only allowed in agriculturally zoned areas. (Backyard chickens only hasn't passed bc of 1 vote!) I am asking for your research and knowledge on this topic...
  17. thegreenacrehomestead

    Stick tight fleas!

    Okay, so we moved into our homestead two years ago and our chickens have always had a FEW fleas. Like, really, just maybe a few. Nothing to worry about. WELL two weeks ago my husband and I realized that some of our ladies were COVERED in them. I FLIPPED OUT. Have you ever been bitten by a stick...
  18. ChickyChicksxo

    Backyard Chickens...

    I would rather be playing with my backyard chickens! Isn't this cute???? :) https://www.sunfrog.com/101102221-141946635.html?25730
  19. M

    Hi i am new here and i need to know What do I feed chicken babies?

    I waited a few weeks until the Hatching eggs that I put to The incubator hen for three days but I am not comfortable with the feed Which I give them because they are still very young and very vulnerable to disease and And I want an advice from you please for the types of healthy fodder for...
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  20. cholling11

    Sort of new to backyard chickens

    I grew up with backyard, free range chickens as a child. As an adult I have wanted them forever, and have missed those wonderful, real, fresh eggs. So...now, I finally have 4 red sex linked pullets. They are about 19 weeks old and I am anxiously awaiting the day I walk out and find that first egg!
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