homestead chickens

Hello All: I am a recent new homesteader and backyard chicken owner; living in Eastern PA. I bought my first set of chicks in June and received them on August 16th 2022. I have a total of 6 chickens; 2 WHITE Rocks, 2 Rhode Island REDs, and 2 BLACK Australorps. I built a 6 x 6 x 5 foot coop and...

Hey there! I just joined BYC! This is my first year with chickens. Bought 24 brown layer chicks this spring and they’re about 9 weeks old now. We resurrected an old coop that was custom built 50+ years ago for my husbands late uncle. My two kiddos (2,4) are loving the adventure of chickens far...

I'm tickled pink! I finally got back to selling my fertile eggs through ebay! This (hopefully) gets me one step closer to living full time on our homestead. I'll be truthful. The amount of work on a farm is unrelenting, and in the past I have found it difficult juggling work, farm, greenhouse...

Hey everyone. My partner and I have a fairly new 5 acre homestead in New England and have recently added 10 birds, 9 pullets and a cockerel, to our growing self sufficiency. I am already completely smitten with them, and people in real life are tired of hearing about them! lol Figured I'd share...

I have a 5 chicken flock. One Buff Orpington, Austalorp, Barred Rock, Red Star, and Easter Egger. Names Buffy, Scarlet, Dak, Crispy, and Cheeks respectively. For me, my 5 chickens are my pets and egg layers for my family. I built their coop with my father with an attached run and all but they...

https://www.oldtime.farm/collections/livestock-for-sale/products/partridge-chantecler-day-old-chicks Chicks are shipped 25 per box for $250 (price includes shipping to continental US). IMPORTANT NOTES: Chantecler chicks are sold straight run (unsexed) only - you will receive both male and...

https://www.oldtime.farm/collections/livestock-for-sale/products/partridge-chantecler-fertilized-hatching-eggs Partridge Chantecler Fertilized Hatching Eggs are $50 per 1 dozen or $90 per 2 dozen shipped (shipped price includes spare eggs and shipping to continental US) IMPORTANT NOTES: The...

I had 5 chickens with 2 roosters. We had a steady egg production every day and not only that, It was my first batch of chickens and I treated them as family and I still cannot accept their loss! Today morning when I went to the coop to give them food, all were lying down DEAD! :'( When I...

I started with a small flock of 6 birds about 8months ago. Now I have 12 assorted birds for my family coop and am looking to start raising some pure breeds and maybe rare breeds! Starting with Black Copper Marans and 55 Flower Hens arriving in 2 weeks. Thankfully my husband is one board and my 4...

Hey everyone, I have had what I would call a successful first year with my flock of chickens, I started out with 30 but 5 of those were roosters who have made a great addition to my freezer, and I've started selling eggs, which has been a blast so far my favorites have been the Plymouth barreds...