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@EddieSalita @Perris @U_Stormcrow I'd like to start a discussion about adaptive breeding for chickens. Basically, a landrace is a locally adapted variety which has enough genetic diversity to adapt to changing conditions. Landraces are often different even just a few miles apart, and the...

The patient is a 12 week old Speckled Sussex. She has been standing around the run for a couple of weeks at least, sleeping a lot and not wanting to move. When I approached she would wake up and run, but once in the coop at night I couldn't tell her from her sisters. At this point she is enough...

Do meat bird pullets reach sexual maturity faster? They're only 12 weeks but combs and wattles are reddening and the cockerels are starting to show an interest in them.

One of my girls went broody and is now the proud Mama of four chicks. She is currently raising them in the broody cage. Problem is, I think another is going broody, and I'm not at all sure that the broody cage is big enough for them both. It is apx 5x5 and floored with sand. I built it for two...

The chicks first outside excursion was an adventure. They're in the broody cage attached to another coop. The other birds have been interested but basically ignored them except for complaining that they couldn't get to the food. I opened the door, and this time she led her chicks out for the...

Long story omitted. I gave my broody two chicks yesterday. This afternoon she is out of the nest with them. I have two more in the brooder. Is it too late to graft them on? Should I just try and see what happens?

"It’s just easier to eat them when they're jerks." If there was a family of racoons in my living room, you can bet they'd be endangered.

I got 5 straight run Rudd Rangers this spring in the hope that one or two would be female to add to my landrace. One refused to roost in the coop at night (usually disappeared a couple hours before sundown) and didn't come back one morning. Of the remaining four, one is a cockerel. They are...

I'm curious. I crossed a JG to RIR hens, and all chicks were black. The one surviving cockerel has bright red markings. Because of good behavior over 2 generations I decided I wanted his sons for my new flock. I set 10 eggs, 7 of which hatched. In the 3rd generation the chicks segregated to...

Finally someone went broody! A second is showing signs but hasn't committed yet.

I am rather looking for second and third and however many opinions as I can get. I currently have two broody hens. I have eggs set aside for them. The combination is Biel x JG roo, hens might be JG, Biel, or BA. I had never planned to set the eggs of the Biel hen. She had some health problems...

I have a group of nine 7 week old chicks that I need to integrate into the adult coop. One of the hens doesn’t like chicks AT ALL and the roo doesn't seem to like them either. On that last point they'll just have to deal, but it applies. The chicks have been in the secure run since they were...

I finally got around to planting my greenhouse a couple of weeks ago. Everything coming up, beautiful! Then one night my spinach disappeared. I found the entrance hole, but since then every night something else is gone. Last night they finished off the last of my arugula and mustards. The...

I have a second coop with three 10 week old cockerels and ten 6 week old should-be-pullets. I have three feeding stations, all out of sight of the others. When I open up in the morning all three bowls are full. The three older birds immediately stake out all the feeding stations and drive the...

I think both of these are boys. These are just those I was able to get decent pictures of.

I noticed one of the Marans chicks was lethargic yesterday, lying down when just about everyone else was running around. She didn't come out of their heated shelter this morning so I brought her in. She seems to be walking just fine, eyes are clear, but her head drops to the ground like it's...

Not at all sure what this new behavior means. The three JGxRIR boys seem to be conspiring to keep the chicks in the coop. Not under their heater for the most part, and not away from the food and water, but in the coop. This morning one of the babies got past them (flew over their heads) and...

I have a situation I'm not sure how to handle. When I created the bachelor pad I built it under the deck. Convenient, unused space, so I wrapped it in chicken wire, reinforced it, built in a shelter... Well, since I built it some weaknesses have made themselves known. I have had up to three...

I got a group of 30 chicks from Hoovers. 10 were Marans, easily identified. 5 were Buckeyes and 5 were Rangers, again easily identified. Of the remaining 10, 5 were supposed to be Speckled Sussex but the 10 were nearly identical. Since a friend had asked me to order a colored egg assortment, I...