first flock

(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...

We have 4 buff Orpingtons and they are all 4 months old. One of them has a lager crown and gobble. We think she maybe a rooster, but this is our first flock so we have no idea. We haven’t heard a rooster crow from any of the them. The first 2 photos are the chicken we think is rooster. The...

I have 4 buff Orpington hens that are 11 weeks old. One of the hens has purple legs and feet. This is my first flock and I don’t know if it’s a Disease or a natural thing. The other hens don’t have the purple legs and feet they have more of a. White color. This hen seems to be the dominant one...

Hello! I’ve raised chickens since I was seven, but this is my first flock since moving to my own place. My husband and I got four golden comets and one Ameraucana about three weeks ago. They’re already testing the boundaries of their brooder, so we’re currently looking for the best coop plans...

"Poop foot, don't care."

Meet "Big Darla," in all of her ambiguous glory: Or perhaps, "Big Daryl" depending on how things go. Sh/e's an 8-week-old Americauna (who is probably an EE), and who, despite her strikingly Dickensian beard, we were always pretty sure was a girl... Until we started seeing some suspect...

Hi all! :love I have just been given the green light (a positive maybe) to begin my first flock! I just wanted to start a thread on breeds that will be good for this semi-first timer. My ideal traits are... Smaller breed; working with a pretty average amount of space Okay layers, will...

My chickens arrived today!!! OMG! I already have a small problem with them getting out of the wire kennel I'm using for a brooder. Apparently mine can get some air time at two or three days old!!! I didn't expect that to be a problem for while. I ordered from McMurray, and let me tell you, I'm...

Our new ducklings are almost fully feathered and I’m feeling fairly sure they are khaki Campbells but I’m unsure if they are male or female. Maybe I need to wait a bit longer? One is quacking and one is still chirping. Last picture is them a few weeks ago. Did you clip flight feathers? They have...

So I know that the coop should be at least 4 square feet per chicken and the run 10 square feet per chicken, but I have some questions. So I live in town and I'm planning on getting 6-10 hens and possible a bantam rooster (if my husband is okay with the rooster), so I'm basically planning for 7...

I need some advice. My girl Has moulted a few times in the past three months and now she's sounding little hoarse and cannot fully her usual shout to her little friend it sounds like deeper and breaky. She's eating drinking and doing her normal behaviour. I have separated her and brought her in...

Trying to figure out what breed these clucks are! We have the loooovely Miss Caramel (my hubby's favorite), Richard (longest tail feathers), and Hei Hei (pronounced Hey Hey, he's a bit.... special). Don't mind Chip the Cornish in the background (RIP, thanks Reddy Fox -_-)! They were three...

Hello everyone! So, I have 2 hens and a rooster that I got back in April as chicks, so they're about 18-20 weeks old, a few weeks ago I went to a local hatchery and got 2 more pullets that were about 2 or 3 months old so I could have 4 laying hens but they both ended up being really sick and 1...