chicken mom

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My family always had chickens growing up, but this is my first flock that I am fully responsible for! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9 - 2 three/four year old roosters, 7 four month old hens (3) What breeds do you...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? My first chicken babies were born May 9th 2023 and they came to live with me on May 11th. They were 10 Sapphire Gem young ladies. My second batch of babies were born May 16th and came home to live with me May 20th. They are two...

Hello! I am a chicken mom from California! I have raised chickens with my family for a few years already. My first flock was a yellow chicken with yellow feet and a white tail (I still don't know what breed she is), a new hampire chicken, and a rhode island red bully! I have had about 2 flocks...

Hi everyone! My name is Kate and I currently live in a rural area of Upstate NY. My husband Justin and I recently bought our first home in November of 2020 and decided to jump into the chicken life lol. We received barnyard mix hatching eggs from a local friend and sadly only three survived. We...

Hi y'all! The name is Katie. I have been raising chickens for two years now and have loved EVERY second of it. What started as an original flock of 5 laying hens I found on Craigslist turned to a flock of 17 in less than my first week. :D It's safe to say I fell in love with them. My husband and...

Hello again, We have 9 chickens that are about ten weeks old, they've been out in the coop for about 4 weeks now. The first week it was still pretty chilly at night and the girls weren't roosting at night, the were all huddling together. As time went on they began using the roosting bars. We...

Hawkeye aka Hula girl is my favorite girl. From the day I discovered her beak was a little different from her mates she did nothing but fight. She proved to me time after time I was wrong, she was a tough old bird, and she would fight for her life against all odds. I decided to trim the upper...

Hello all! My EE are 7 weeks old. They look big to me, maybe it's just me? I'd like to see photos of your EE's too! Any age, any sex, just wanna see the range of differences out there. Also, the first pic are the two in question regarding their sex. They seem to fight (play?) With each other...