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My husband came home from work the other day with 4 very large pumpkins. They were so big that they wouldn't sit on our steps so he had to put them on the ground around the steps. My chickens have ignored them totally - until today. I just came out to all of my chickens feasting on the pumpkins...

I have a Dark Brahma rooster and a number of different breeds of hens. I incubated some eggs from my flock and now I'm figuring out the two breeds crossed within that hatch. I obviously know all have Dark Brahma, but I know at least one chick is crossed with a Blue Sex-link Easter Egger. She is...

This chick was purchased at Meyer Hatchery and was an extra to my order. Not sure of the breed or gender for that matter. I ordered all female chicks so I hope she's a she. I'm not sure of breed. It has very feathered feet and looks Blue Splash to me. The body looks more Cochin to me than...

My Lavender Orpington "Eliza" has gone missing. I searched the ten acres to no avail. She's been gone for two days & nights. This afternoon I was walking through the yard and saw an egg. I reached down to pick it up and I was growled at. It was Miss Eliza! I thought she was dead, but she's...

I have a Black Frizzle Cochin rooster that shares a flock with a Dark Brahma rooster. Because he's a Bantam he has trouble mating with my standard hens. My problem is since he's little the standard size hens are not squatting down for him so he grabs them by the head and tries to force them to...

My Barred Rock - 2 year old hen has a full feeling vent. It's soft and mushy unless she contracts her muscles. She doesn't have an egg in there that I can feel. She started walking around with her tail down a few days ago. Now she's sitting at the food and water area most of the day. I've seen...

My 9 month old hen isn't bearing weight on her foot. She's being picked on by all the older hens. I had to rescue her today because my rooster was beating her up. I can't find any physical damage on her foot or leg. There's no bumblefoot or anything. I'm at a loss for what to do for her. Please...

My hen is limping on her foot, but I don't see anything really wrong. I took her inside and soaked her legs in Epsom salts, but she isn't showing relief. I've felt her leg and she doesn't show pain when I exam her. She does hold her leg up so she doesn't put weight on it though. I found this...

For 22 weeks I have thought this Silkie was a pullet. I don't see any obvious streamers on the crest, or major waddles so I that it was a pullet. That was until this morning when it was prancing (as if to mount) next to other pullets and tid-bitting like a rooster. It has never shown these...

I've crossed my Dark Brahma roo with my flock hens - will I have any new breeds or just barnyard mutts? I'm also not sure which eggs were hatched by my broody hen because she stole everyone's eggs to sit on. (Everyone started laying in the community floor nest when she went broody). Although the...

I'm a newer Chicken Mom and don't know that much about breeds yet. I purchased chicks this spring and got an extra chick from the hatchery in my order. As she grew and developed I figured out she was an Easter Egger. Easter Eggers are mixed breeds, so if mine is black with copper feathers on the...

She is 7 weeks old, has feathered grey feet, is all black, and I believe she has ear muffs. See attached photos:

My BR laid this today, and I've never seen an egg like this. Last week there was a shell-less egg in the coop with a "tail." I increased the oyster shells offerings around and haven't had shell-less eggs since, but this is really weird. It's quite small compared to her normal eggs, it has a...

My chicks are 6 weeks old and when I got them home from the hatchery I didn't immediately realize I had an extra chick. Now I'm trying to identify the breed and I'm having trouble. Can anyone help me with the identification please? I do believe it's a pullet, but I could be wrong there as well...

My Black Copper Marans has gone broody. She has been sitting on a nest on the floor of the coop for about 8 days. She doesn't leave the coop because we have food and water in the coop. I have three pullets that have just started laying and they lay in a nest on the floor adjacent to her nest. A...

I'm getting my first Bantams and I'm wondering if they will need their own roosting bars which are smaller than my standard chickens roosting bars?

I have a mixed flock of 5 pullets and 1 cockerel. They are just a few months shy of a year. This evening I noticed my Columbian Wyandotte following the flock but not participating in chicken behaviors. She's standing a bit away from them and standing with her head down. Almost like she's in time...

In August 2021, I bought 3 older pullets first and, 2 months later I bought 4 day old chicks which included my roo. My rooster (Dark Brahma) just turned 6 months and he's coming into his own. He's started crowing and mating with his hens. He's in charge of a flock of 6 hens - 3 are 6 months old...

Good morning y'all, Question from a new flock Mom: I will be crossing Dark Brahma Roo with the following (all hatchery chicks): Black Copper Marans Barred Rock Easter Egger Golden Buff Buff Braham Lavender Orpington Columbian Wyandotte First of all, are hatchery chicks guaranteed purebred? I...

I've just started my flock with 3 pullets (1 Easter Egger, 1 Black Copper Maran, and 1 Barred Rock), and gotten a coop built by an Amish man in Ohio (Ashland). This coop is 8' X 8' and so far so good. We've added a chicken run and attached it to the coop, as well. We are beginner chicken owners...