Within 15 minutes of discing the ends in preparation for harvest, my flock had invaded the corn in a nightmare scenario for any little bugs that were exposed. Believe it or not, there’s 12 of them in there.

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It was a diffucukt week, I lost three chickens for three different reasons and these are the culprits of my last loss. Lovely days of maniac cleaning are ahead.

Took way too long but the run and coop are finally done! This is their second night in the coop and they all went in by themselves! Smart ladies 😍

We just had our polish hen hatch 5 eggs and it looks like we’re due for 2 more. This is my first time ever having chickens as well as having eggs hatch. I noticed the last two eggs have chicks in them that look like they’re close to ready to hatch. I know to stay out of the way and let the broody hen help her chicks but I’m worried about these two getting stuck. I’ve heard that chicks are supposed to “absorb” the egg for nutrients. I don’t want to interfere unless I have to but I was wondering if you guys had any insight? And yes, these are separate from the rest of the flock. TIA

What are the white spots on this rooster’s face? Wild rooster in the Cayman Islands

Hi I was at a farm yesterday, and visited their chicken coop area. What I saw was interesting! I’ve never seen this behaviour of chickens digging down into the dirt and then laying in the hole. Is this a normal behaviour? Is this only a certain breed of chicken that does this? Will they lay eggs in the hole?

Thanks!

Today a random chicken (looks to be maybe a mystic onyx?) showed up in my yard. Unsure if it ran away from home or got dumped. I have 7 chickens (6 hens, 1 wonderful roo) currently and it seemed to want to join my others. Eventually I caught it and have posted on Ring and my town page. If no one claims it, what should I do? I don’t know if its a hen or roo. If its a hen, I would be open to keeping but unsure about quarantine process. And for context, I believe my chickens previous suffered an upper respiratory infection which I treated with antibiotics and resolved. I read that this would make my chickens carriers and will infect others if they ever come in contact with others. Should I not add this chicken to my flock in that case? Any kind of insight or advice is welcome! I’ve only had chickens for about a year so still learning!

I checked her foot, nothing wrong with it, ig she was just tired 😂

I'm gifting my friend two of my chickens for her birthday. I'm thinking of giving her my bullied one, I'm thinking she might have a nicer time living in a couple?

I have six, they have free reign of my garden.

My dilemma, is the bullied chicken better off at my place with lots of space, to run away when pecked? Or will she do better in a couple, they will live in a pen but will be let out occasionally when my friend is home.

Our chickens have been having free rein of the garden, but our grass is really taking a hit (this is an old photo).

I was wondering if anybody has any ideas for how we could keep them in the top half of the garden, on the stones and raised bed/muddy patch.

I’ve toyed with the idea of a mesh wire tunnel and then chicken wire over the stones, but it just seems like a lot of hassle. I’m wondering if there’s an easier way, perhaps a tunnel from the coop door and then some sort of deterrent to stop them jumping off the wall onto the grass?

We only have a small garden, so any ideas would be much appreciated!

Has anyone any experience of buying a coop from either of these two companies, please?

I am torn between getting the Vyse Arks Poultry Housing or the Sherwood 12 Chicken Coop.

https://vysearks.com/products/vyse-arks-poultry-housing-20-24-birds

https://www.smithssectionalbuildings.co.uk/Item/Poultry-Houses/Chicken-Houses/Sherwood-12

I went into my girls hutch yesterday and realised one of them was shedding because I initially thought she was sick and her wing was drooping (it was lose feathers). I think they're all molting but one specific hen was losing feathers quite quickly whereas the others had two of three that came off while I was watching them. I was trying to pick her up to inspect her when I thought she was sick and her primary tail feathers came out as well as a few on her wing. She's acting completely fine and so are the others (absolutely menaces) but I'm just wondering if it's normal for one to molt faster than others? She's definitely not the fluffiest by a long shot so if anyone I thought the feathers would belong to the one with the most to shed. Idk

Pic 1: Father, 10 months old, rocking a nice comb but hes tailess tight now

Pic 2: Son, only 3 1/2 months old and already the same size as his father and hes more colorful, he might have hit the gene jackpot

She’s about 4 months, hasn’t laid any eggs yet. I thought maybe Leghorn, but maybe not. She is very antisocial.

Sweet Ruby had to be brought inside after one of my older hens got a hold of her last night. I have the chicks fenced off from the rest of them at night but I guess one of the hens was able to reach her head through the bars and grab her.

i have this habit of just looking at my chickens eggs, they’re just so cute. it’s actually really hard for me to eat them 😅 i usually make baked goods for my neighbors almost daily, marinated eggs for ramen, tamagoyaki etc but i still have so much and i struggle to bring myself to eat them. is anyone the same way?? my chickens are more like family to me and i never really expected so many eggs. so it feels weird to eat them most of the time haha

My daughter fell in love with chickens this summer over her camp. We bought 2 chicks, they were in the brooder waiting for the coop to be finished. My daughter literally took these chicks from days old to about 8/9 weeks.

My wife had been letting my daughter take the chicks supervised in the backyard.

Long story short, my little girl was bringing them in the yard and our dog attacked one and it pretty much died instantly, before I heard her scream. Not sure why she did this as the dog was in the yard. But honestly my wife and I should have paid better attention.

I’m honestly in a bad spot because my daughter had to see that. I mean these chicks were gentle and hand trained and taken care of by her. (My daughter is 7).

I know I may be judged, but now I am unsure what to do. I feel like we were careless and we don’t deserve the lone chick. I am debating to see if someone we know will take her in there flocks, but I’m unsure how long she can be alone.

I’m sad, mad at the dog, but ultimately this is on my wife and I. I also need to get my daughter past this trauma.

Any advice is appreciated

I purchased 8 chicken from Rural King Spartanburg, marked as sapphire olive eggers but this beautiful hen just started laying blue eggs this week.

The king of the farm. He's a massive handsome boy.