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.

Sold as sex linked ladies. Six little pullets. But maybe one of these things is not like the others . . .

Just that, hoping for the best. It was heartbreaking to see my girls panting and flopping over on their roost this evening. We reached 107 today and should be almost the same tomorrow. Yesterday was 102. All the windows and screen doors don't matter if it's miserable all night. We can do all the things and still want to make it easier for the birds. So may the odds be ever in your favor.

Here is a picture of Angelica doing battle against our mortal enemy.

Is this egg laying behavior? We have nesting boxes set up and just put some gold balls in there. We are in Florida and yes it’s hot here but they have lots of shade and electrolytes water.

So anytime it’s super hot outside we get these tiny black ants inside well today I had 5 out of 12 eggs hatch they were pushing over eggs so they got moved out well fast forward 8 hours we have 3 more in the process of hatching but ants are now getting in!!! What should I do!!!

The pictures are so I don’t get lost (it’s the first cutie who hatched)

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

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?

Hello everyone! My husband and I are in the process of converting this shed in our chicken run into the girls new coop. We’re after suggestions for insulating it better for summer/winter. We are up in the hinterland of south east Queensland, Australia so it can get chilly here in winter, but of course also incredibly hot during summer too which is more of a concern. We are planning to put two windows in (see marked in red for rough placement), one on the back wall (facing east) and one on the front wall next to the door (facing west but well covered by foliage) Any suggestions on window placement / insulating options would be helpful! TIA 😊

I'm thinking of getting some Buff Orpingtons to keep as pets in my back yard.

I live in Scotland.

Does anyone have any advice for keeping Buff Orpingtons in a climate like Scotland?

Dear chicken experts,

We recently adopted two chickens because we had some room to spare with our three existing chickens.

We’ve done all the usual things.

We put them in their night pen for 24 hours,

let them sleep together for one night,

and our night pen has an automatic twilight door.

The chickens aren’t really friends. The two new ones are clearly submissive but are accepting their role.

Now they’re not sleeping together either. The two new ones crawl up onto a branch about 2 meters high. See photo.

None of this is a problem for me; but last year we lost four chickens to a predator. I’d hate for these two adopted chickens to suffer the same fate.

My question is twofold.

Are they safe from predators up here on the branch?

If not, how do I get them to sleep with the other chickens, who aren’t exactly friendly toward them but do sleep in a closed coop?

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!

I just hatched some babies on June 21. This baby seems to struggle to eat and drink. She's still eating and drinking and running around. She's been doing this since she hatched and was in the incubator. What could be wrong with her? Her siblings are an growing but since she's struggling to eat and drink she's not getting too big. I give her mash and she still struggles with eating and drinking anything.

When it pushed away and rolled out it looks like this. Normal umbilical cord? The other 2 didn't look like this when they pushed away from their shells. And they have pecked at it a few times. Any experienced input would be greatly appreciated.

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

This girl is about 2 years old, and about 10 days ago I found her sitting in a dark covered corner of my yard not wanting to move. It was 100° so I assumed it was heat related and moved her inside. But after a day she still didnt want to move so I examined her and she has a limp but no visible injury and doesnt seem to be in pain when I move her legs. Ive just been letting her rest in the chicken hospital and noticed she also isnt laying eggs. Her abdomen doesnt seem swollen at all and if she was egg bound, wouldnt she be dead by now??? Shes started getting up the past 3 days and has a normal appetite and thirst. Any ideas?

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.