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Let me start by saying that I know I'm probably over-thinking this. My brain knows that chickens have been domesticated for hundreds of years and having a flock in the yard is not a new thing for people. All of that being said- I have had chickens since 2020. I've always had them in a coop and...

I have some chicks hatching right now and one has the tip of its beak out. Is this going to be an issue? He can’t zip if his beak is out… he’s blowing bubbles and yellowish stuff is leaking out of the shell. This isn’t my first hatch, but it’s the first time I’ve seen this.

One of my Golden Comets has recently appointed herself Official Nesting Box Supervisor. I've noticed when another hen gets up to decide where to lay she gets up there too and follows them around, sometimes pushing them out of the nest they want. When I am there cleaning out the boxes and...

I hatched a couple eggs from my BR hens with a CL cockerel. Would this produce a sexlink chick? One chick is black with a huge headspot, the other is blond. The rest of the chicks in this pic are CLs. Thanks!

This chick is the first my own flock (yay me!). S(he) is about 5 weeks old. I’m leaning cockerel because that seems like a big comb for a young chick and it’s getting a lot of red in the wings…? Dad is Cream Legbar, mom is black sexlink (RIRxBR)

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens, my spouse raised some when he was a kid. His family also raised pheasants for a few years, but that was like...45 years ago ;) (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 14. I got 9 on my birthday...