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Hi all, I'm heading off to school and need to shrink my flock by about half. I have older hens and pullets, I'll specify in the list below. $5 for older Hens/Roosters $10 for Pullets/Cockerels. I have a hobby flock, none of these are NPIP tested, never had a serious disease such as Mareks...

@Jenwisp gave me the great idea to make a list of all the chicken name abbreviations, because honestly I can't remember them all :lol: I started a Google doc with the list started, anyone can add to it if they want. Go Crazy! Here's the link...

One of our cats had kittens this summer and I have extras! they are very friendly and raised around chickens. $10 a peice, we have four in total: one striped w/ brown, two almost full black, and a black/sand speckled. PM me with any offers.

So at the beginning of this year I told myself I was going to be content with what I had and not get chickens this year. For a while I stuck with it and actually convinced myself i was going to be fine without chicks. Then chicken math hit. It started with 5 silkies, "i'll be okay" ,I thought...

Hi all, I recently got hit by chicken math and acquired 5 Silkies from TSC. Three of them are for sure white Silkies, but I'm not sure on the other 2 are. Are the possibly buff? TIA for any help .

Hi all, i posted a thread a few months ago about a TC chick that was labeled as an EE (I knew there was a good chance it was mislabeled, I was right) Deciding to give TSC the benefit of the doubt i settled that it was a Starlight green egger: Now Ginger has grown up and doesn't look like that...

Hi all, a maran egg I am hatching is malpositioned but still pipped 24 hours ago. I just looked at the hole and I see dried yolk on the outside. Is that a really bad sign? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, i have 2 sapphire gem cockerels, would keep them but already have too many. They are about 5 months old and nice to people. $5 bucks apeice. I am located in Manheim PA. PM me if interested. Thanks!

Hi, All, So I lost chickens to a fox today, including my favorite Maran. She laid an egg a few hours before she died so I thought i would try to hatch it. I have incubated before and know what I'm doing i was just wondering if it is possible at all to candle dark eggs and if not what can i do to...

Hi All, I got some sapphire gems at TSC, all seem normal except for one named Moe for his "Mohawk". I have examined his skull and there seems to be nothing abnormal. These pics are a few weeks old but i will post some new ones in the morning. the mohawk has only gotten bigger as it gets older...

So I bought a EE pullet at TSC last week, or so i thought... When it got home I saw it had no muff, not a big deal. Then after having it for a whole week i thought "wait, isn't this thing supposed to have green legs"? So my question is can EE's have leg colors other than green and if not what...

Hi all, So I recently hatched some eggs and in that batch was some black sex link eggs. The rooster is also a black sex link. My question is will these chicks be sex linked? 2 of them have the white dot on head and are starting to get the barred feathering. I had heard somewhere that if you...

Hi all, I bought 2 incubators at an auction, A LG 9200 still air incubator, and a Lyon Marsh Automatic incubator. Has anyone used either of these and would you prefer one over the other. I am new to incubating and just want to hatch out some of my own eggs. Thanks in advance for all your replies!

I have a BO hen that has gone broody. Normally this would be a good thing because I want her to raise chicks, but it is wintertime and I don't want chicks this time of year. I am awawre that you can break a broody multiple times and she will still be broody. My question is can I break my broody...

Hi, I am pretty sure one of my hen has worms and i have two questions. Question one: Is there more options instead of corid And is there any natural ways to deworm? Question two: How long is the egg throwaway length after deworming?

Hi all, just had a question for anybody. A few years ago before i was not into chickens someone posted a video on fb of their hen that could and would turn its 360 degrees around at will! Has anybody else heard of this? is it just a extraordinary chicken?

Hi, so I currently have 254 likes and was not awarded the 250 likes trophy, not a big deal but was just wondering if it is normal to have trophies come late.

Hi, i am planning on hactching chicks under my Buff Orpington,:ya and and want them to get vaccinated for mareks. Is it expensive or hard to find a clinic that will do this? thanks in advance

Hi! I just got 5 hens from a friend today. they are currently in quarantine, but eventually i want to put them together. There was no rooster with them at there old home and there is definitely a dominant hen among them. My question is will my rooster and the other dominant hen fight like 2...

Does anybody know the order of the names given to you? For example, chirping, free-ranging and crowing?