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  1. Chocolate Silver Laced Orpingtons Chickens

    Chocolate Silver Laced Orpingtons Chickens

    My adorable and fluffy Chocolate Silver Laced Orpingtons! 🐔 These stunning chickens are not only cute but also unique with their beautiful feather patterns. With their striking color and sweet personalities, they’re sure to steal your heart!
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  2. Is This Real?? A First Egg from My Chicken?!

    Is This Real?? A First Egg from My Chicken?!

    I am Really Excited That I found Our First Chicken Egg! We are 5 years later and sometimes our chickens lay 50 eggs a day! lol
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  3. Happy Barbu de Watermael and Mille de Fleur Chickens!

    Happy Barbu de Watermael and Mille de Fleur Chickens!

    The World’s Happiest Chickens have been spotted in our backyard! These Barbu De Watermael bantams from GreenFire Farms are so full of joy. Every morning, I release these little fluffballs from their coop, and it’s like a chicken flash mob.
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  4. Throwing my Chickens a Massive Food Party!

    Throwing my Chickens a Massive Food Party!

    I had some Chicken Videos where we got our chickens everything they like to eat! From Watermelons, Fresh Vegetables to their Favorite Snack: Chicken Nuggets. We got balloons to decorate, along with party sombreros party blowers. Happy Anniversary at BIG Feathers Farm
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  5. LoveyDuckies

    Ducks + Chicken?

    Hey yall! I’ve got two duckies and have been wanting to add a chicken into the mix but I’m not sure how that would go. I would plan on keeping them in the same pen but how old should the chicken be before it is with the ducks? I’ve also got a silly but curious question… Has anyone tried to...
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  6. J

    Mixing Chicken Breeds in Coop. Will my Chickens survive??

    I am worried that my chickens might be injured after adding them to an existing flock of 7 Black Sex Links and 7 Red Sex Links they are all roughly 2 months. My chicks are 6 weeks old. (They might be 7, but I'm counting from when I purchased them). One RIR, one light Sussex, and 2 Red Sex...
  7. R

    Who sells just 3 chickens?

    Which hatcheries sell just three chicks? Are there any hatcheries that sell a single juvenile pullet?
  8. BackyardBurtons

    Hi! New to Backyard Homestead & Community

    Hi there, We’re newish to backyard chickens. We got our hens as chicks this past spring and now they are happily laying. We have two isa browns and two leghorns. Four provide more than enough eggs than our family of two (soon to be three!) can eat. We love being able to share the abundance with...
  9. S

    Introducing myself

    Hi everyone! We live on a little over 5 acres in semi-rural Illinois. We had discussed chickens and bees since we moved out to our little slice of quiet life almost 6 years ago. This year, I decided I was ready and spoke with a lady in one of my Facebook groups who ran a small farm and raised...
  10. Meme1991

    Lets play! Hen or roo!

    Hi everyone! I have two 7 week old Blue Isbars. I'm hoping someone will be able to tell if they are pullets or cockerels. Their hatch date was 4/21. Their names are on each photo. Let me know what you think. Thank you 😊 💓 ☺️ ☺️
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    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  11. C

    When can I bring baby chicks outside for a bit?

    I have some Easter eggers turning 4 weeks old next week and brahmas turning 2 weeks old (I know the brahmas still need some time) and days here are getting into the mid 60s-70s, when can I start bringing my chicks outside to play/explore a bit (in a pinned area) is there a certain temp I should...
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  12. W

    Raising chickens to sell

    Hello. I have too many chickens lol. I have 18 grown hens, 19 teenager chickens, and 8 chicks. I will be keeping some, but selling the others. If I had land, I would keep them all. I love always having these babies. I am getting an incubator. I can’t have a rooster so I’m buying...
  13. C

    How many roosters can I have to hens?

    I’ve heard 1 to 10 is a standard ratio currently raising 11 chicks who are “pullets” from TSC but we know how that may turn out lol i am also getting 2 light Brahma coop ready pullets in June bringing the total to 13 so will I need more than one Roo? How many roosters have you been able to keep...
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  14. LiizardWiitch

    When to feed layer pellets

    Hey there I currently have 4 blue plymouth rock chickens...they are sitting at 21 weeks old today and i still have no eggs. This is my first time raising hens and My question is since they are over 20 weeks do I switch to layer pellets anyways and take them off the grower feed or do I feed...
  15. L

    Mama hen weaning? Aggressive toward chicks

    Hello, My husband and I are new to raising chicks. We ended up with one chicken by accident about 3 years ago. He thinks she was about 3 when we got her. She rode over on a hay truck and stayed with us since. She is a Catalana (I think) hen. Game hen. New to that terminology too. I will include...
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  16. CloneFly

    Getting Along? Gosling and Chicks

    Hello Everyone! I'm probably overusing this forum, but I'm honestly super thankful for all the help I've received so far... this is a completely new experience for me and I hope to be able to help others in time too as I learn 🙂 Today's question is; how do I get my African Gosling and chicks...
  17. katelyn19

    What gender are my silkies?

    I currently have a few different aged silkies, and I was wondering if anyone could guess the gender of some of them? I am going to post the 3 oldest ( black, blue?, and a splash) because I feel like my other 2 groups are still too small to tell. Any guesses or advice on how to determine gender...
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  19. cluelesschickmother

    Chaos in the hen house! Need to create peace!

    I will preface by saying that I am a first time chicken owner (but long time animal rescuer) from the city and desperately need help!! I ordered 5 buff silkie chickens at the end of June from an online supplier and they all amazingly arrived healthy and adorable. They immediately took to each...
  20. TreeChick

    Hello chickens & chicken lovers!

    I’ve been using the BYC blog as a resource since I began my chicken raising journey last December. What started as a passing thought while sitting in the patio with my partner one night... ‘hey that old dog house sitting in the dirt of the unused corner of the backyard would make a decent...
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