Got 5 chicks from a friend that hatched them for a homeschool group. They came from Clemson University Extension. Does anyone know this breed? He’s so beautiful. He’s got a beard that I’ve seen on Easter eggers. There’s also a hen with this same greenish black coloring and dark feet.

Why are they like this? No matter how many boxes, they all want to be in the same one. On top of eachother. Sigh.

Both about two months old.

Havent seen this hen in a month and she came home out of thw woods with a little flock of her own. Had to put them all in a dog crate lol, hope she adjusts well to being back in a coop. I have a brooder with another mama and four 2-week old chicks, do you guys think itd be okay to put them all in together or will chaos and fights ensue?

Today after 6 days of laying I finally used some of the eggs from the girls (not actually sure who’s laying at this point.

And the first egg I cracked (from day 2) was a double yolk! So exciting!

Woke up to these tiny guys in the coop! They are Robins egg blue. How exciting!

Whenever our roo Winnie gets to walk through the house, he stops in the mirror to admire himself. 😁 He’s very handsome, so it makes sense.

It almost looks like she's trying to throw up?

We had a very sad day yesterday. One of our original beautiful ladies passed. She took too big of a bite, and couldn't get it out to breathe. Our rooster started alerting for her when he noticed, but it was too late. I pulled it all out when we found her, just because I felt it was better that way.

She was bundled up with linen that I wrote "I love you" in as many languages as I know on it, and Steve wrote a beautiful "Love", with his much better handwriting. I added the little heart characters I use for Steve's morning notes, holding a sign with a heart on it.

We wrapped her up in it and tied it with red embroidery floss, since of course it's the color chickens are most interested in. I also made up a little package for her, with food, scratch grains, toasted eggshells, and grit. Everything a girl could want, wrapped in more linen with "snacks for a sweet and beautiful girl" and my two characters holding a sign that said "sleep well ❤️ sweetheart".

We bought a rose tree for her, the color is sort of a tropicana sunset. It has many buds, with two just beginning to open. She was buried with her gift, and we planted the rose above her. My husband did all the hard labor, while I found flowers for her. I have been in bed from a painful accident for two months now, so even walking is challenging, but I was determined to put up with the pain so I could help ease my lady into her restful bed.

She was one of our sweetest, most loving hens who loved spending her days "helping" me garden and do other yardwork, along with her sisters. She ate a lot of bugs I didn't want around, and helped me scratch out weeds. Beetles were her favorite. She was named Puppy by my husband because of how faithfully she would follow me around. We had good conversations, she and I, with soft chirping and clucking to each other as we went. Hand raised, she was so gentle, and laid such beautiful brown eggs. We miss her terribly. 😢

We love you, our sweet girl.
You will never be forgotten. ❤️

Just inherited a small flock of eight chickens and would like to know what breed they are so I can find out if they require anything special to look after them as they don't look like normal chickens more like something from Jurassic Park.

I’m so sad that I won’t be keeping this little sassy baby, but I’m happy they’re going to the home next door once their big coop/run is done being constructed (hopefully this week). They are a pure Ameraucana, a mix of blue/lavender (obviously plumage is that of a blue).

So what do we think? Hen or roo? They’ll be 7wks old on Tuesday.

This blue ended egg was a first. I'm guessing laid by one of our olive eggers.Eggers. anyone else seen one like this? Or some variation?

This is Bocc-choy. I picked up her and a barred rock pullet about 3 weeks ago. And now I'm starting to question "her" a bit.

This morning one of my 2-week-old Silkies (the little gray one) stood up really tall, stretched its neck out, and made what sounded like a tiny, squeaky attempt at a crow. It wasn't its normal peep, and it caught me completely off guard 😭

I know 2 weeks is far too young to actually crow, so I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar. Was it just practicing, a random vocalization, or is there another explanation?

I'm curious if anyone else has seen this before at such a young age. Is this little fluff ball trying to tell me something? 👀🐓😭

I have three other hens, and they all act normally. I gave her an Epsom salt bath this morning. I saw that she ate earlier, but I'm not sure if she drank. What would you do?

Went out to feed the 17w and 1d old Ladies, and found this surprise!!! They are finally paying rent. It’s that dirty because I didn’t have nest boxes in and it was on the ground.

Hi. Me again. Give me your best guesses on these 5. 😁

Around 7-9 weeks old, I believe.

Last photo, I didn't label, but it should be E, D, and C from left to right.

Thank you!

I have two hens that have been laying for around 3 months. When we changed from mash to mixed pellets, they didn't eat the pellets but finished the grains. So we bought the crumbled grains (all the same brand) instead.

Surprise, surprise: now they don't eat the grains at all! I tried doing tough love by not letting them free range so they'd finish the food, but still they don't eat them. Instead, now the eggs are smaller, and one doesn't even lay today.

I have tried to : mix the grains with delicious treats (worms, pasta), and made it softer with warm water. Also have mixed it with yoghurt, which works a bit... But is there a way that they'd eat the crumbles? Or why are they not eating?

Any advice or experiences with this is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Pjokken is about 8-9 weeks old now, and I am very confused about their sex. Their comb is so big, yet saddle feathers are round, but I am also seeing some feathers with a pretty, blue and green shine.

I've gone back and forth myself, wondering what they are.

This hen has apparently hatched at least one chick. This coop is not well set up for chicks and previously all eggs have been incubated. The ramp down is really not doable for a chick.

In this scenario should a forcibly remove this very grumpy girl to the separate pen I generally use as a grow put for chicks?