Hey all, just joined to seek advice. I have a degree in Animal Science, but it's been quite a few years since my chicken class and I've not been in this situation before so I'm seeking the wisdom of the crowd.
I have a very small flock at this point (2 buff orpington hens, a wyanndotte hen...
Hi Everyone,
I have 8 Australorp chicks that I purchased at 2 weeks old. They are now 29 days old. I will be posting my journey here. As we just moved to 10 acres and will be letting our chickens free range. And may need advice on the journey ahead.
Hope to hear from you all.
I'm not really sure what breed this hen is, she is mostly white with some tiny black feathers here and there, she has very little but some feathers down her legs and she lays green eggs.
any ideas ??
Hey peeps! come to this thread to show off your super layer cross breeds! here are some of mine,
this is Jewel. my year and a half old Black Star.
this is Jewel with by two white super layers, Pip and Tinky. Pip is at the front.
This is Sherbet. my 8 week old Golden Comet.
Mini is the...
My 12-16 week old EE pullet (well, at least I'm 80% sure it's a pullet, lol) has always been the one in charge and is bigger than her sister of the same age... but more and more recently she's becoming more aggressive. I'm wondering if this is normal for the "Top Girl" in the pecking order, or...
Long story short, I was given 5 Silkie roosters. They hated my bantam flock who was working so nicely. They bullied my beautiful RIR/Silkie/Cochin and completely removed his feathers on his head and neck.
So I decided to make a bantam rooster flock to put them all in and save my hens from...
I've created an account on this website 6 years ago I believe, I just was never active until now... talk about procrastination lol! I did not start out with chickens, our first birds were guineas, I think we had at least 30. Then we got 70 pheasants and then 10 or 15 turkeys.We no longer have...
Today I bought two chicks from the store to put under my hen when her own eggs hatch, I got a buff orpington and a blue laced red wyandotte. I named my orpington Honey Bee, but I’m struggling with a name for my wyandotte, and other names for my chickens chicks might be nice(she is a welsummer...
So my welsummer hen had been sitting for about 4-5 days, but she wasn't eating or drinking, so I took her off the nest and plopped her on the floor. After a couple of minutes I realized her eggs were getting a bit chili, and she was still happily on the ground. I tried to place her back on the...
Morning All,
Just looking for some help with my flock.
One of my flocks were a flock of three a 6 month old silkie (Hilda), 18 month old silkie (zelda) and a 2 year old ex battery hen (believed to be bovan brown called Lucy)
The 6 month old silkie (Hilda) adored the 18 month old silkie...
I need help my hen lost her rooster awhile ago. We got her a new rooster but they did not get along so now she lives with me. I don’t want her to be lonely can I get her a friend?
Right so I have a weird question here for yous
My old drake got killed by a fox and now I’m left with my two ducks, one of them is broody and the other one is out all alone, poor thing :hmm
So I was wandering if I could add a new drake to the flock too keep the other one from getting depressed...
Hey BYC friends!
I'm of course new here! I have chickens and ducks. 1 Wyandotte and 2 Mallards are already big enough to go in the newly built coop outside, and I just received my Rhode Island Reds (8) just a few days ago. (Now I wish I would have gotten assorted, instead of just one...
Please help me identify what sex they are, it's a mixed flock and all are over the age of 9 weeks, some are 12 weeks and none are crowing, do any look like a roo? And guesses on their breeds would be appreciated too!!!!!
My hen started showing signs of being broody, and today she started sitting, but the eggs she’s sitting on are a bit old (some are about a week old and others maybe older). So I was wondering if she could still hatch them, or if I should buy her some knew eggs (though I might not be able too)...
You love chickens, too? Wonderful~!
Allow me to introduce you to my 8 feathered friends!
Baoji the Silkie Bantam:
My favorite and the only one who's truly mine. Ain't she cute~? :love I love my floof princess! Her name means "bun" or "little bread" in Chinese. Suiting for a little, fluffy...
I have a flock of 5 hens and one rooster. Lately we have noticed some bullying going on in the flock.
One hen, Pinky, is being singled out by every single chicken. The rest don't let her get near them, they run her off, peck her, chase her. She has to forage by herself, she can't socialize, and...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I had chickens for about 5 years now? We just got our first rooster though a couple months ago, so I am super excited about that. I always wanted a rooster with chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have a rooster...
I have a wonderful chicken named Aphrodite, and I was hoping that she was broody. I saw her in one of the nesting boxes two nights ago, while I as feeding the horses, and I got really excited but then in the morning she was up with the rest of the flock. She didn’t get back in the nesting box...