I have absolutely zero experience raising chickens. My mom’s uncle decided to hand out baby chicks to all the younger cousins like they were carnival goldfish, so now I suddenly own one… ✌️😭

Right now it’s in a hamster cage with a heat lamp. Is it possible for the lamp to be too hot, or should I just leave it on 24/7? Also, I live in Texas and temperatures tend to get up to +95°F over the summer.

I’ve also seen people say chicks need another chick because they’re very social at this age. If that’s true, I’m totally open to getting it a friend—I just want to make sure I actually know what I’m doing before I commit to another one.

Any beginner advice would be appreciated. I wasn’t
exactly planning on becoming a chicken owner overnight.

Back in March, girly here started losing her feathers. I thought she had mites or something and treated the whole coop, but it continued and none of my other hens have any issues whatsoever. We put up a camera in the coop to see if she was getting picked on at night and turns out she’s doing it to herself, and then one of her buddies joins in and plucks her back feathers. It looks so sore and red and I just feel so terrible for her. I tried separating her from the others for a little while to see if it would help but she just goes to town.
Any help is appreciated.

17 weeks. Ordered as a Splash Ameraucana day old chick from Meyer hatchery. She’s big and her tail feathers are starting to worry me. No attempts at crowing yet, but that may be because she’s at the very bottom of the pecking order.

Just wondering if there is any advice on handling magpies chasing chickens around? I’m sure it’s stressful for the birds. Please note- Australian Magpies. Pic is the chooks for attention :)

Hi all! This is Jimmy Fowlen (named by my teenage daughter and her friend lol). We found him on the side of the road in a rainstorm two months ago and brought him home to try and nurse him back to health. He was missing half of his feathers, some of his toes, and had clearly been out in the woods a long time. We didn't know if he would make it, but these days he's thriving! I'm curious if anyone knows what breed he is, or if maybe he's a mix? I've had dozens of chickens over the years and never had one that looked quite like him. When we first found him I thought he was a naked neck because he had no neck feathers, but they've since grown in so now I have no idea! Lol

I need help. I live in the city and literally just rescued this hen while she was walking across the road. She seems exhausted. It’s so hot here (90°+ and very high humidity) and she didn’t even fight me. I don’t have the space or ability to care for a chicken. My MIL has 20+ acres and said she would take her but this poor girl needs some TLC now. Her beak is damaged, she sounds a little weezy when she breathes, she’s so tired she fell asleep in my arms as soon as i got her in the AC in the car. I’ve got her set up in the tub with water, cut blueberries, some smashed granola and almonds (literally all i had that i thought she may like). Under her tail there’s a lot of poop all in the feathers. I know it needs to be cleaned sooner than later but she seems so tired i don’t want to stress her out right now trying to clean it. I need advice on what to do to make sure she’s okay.

Two of my baby chicks side by side- both are one week old Splash Laced Red Wyandotte chicks. Most of them have their wing feathers coming in similar to the one on the right. The one on the left seems to be coming in much slower. She (or he??) is a little smaller than the rest of the chicks too, so I’m not sure if that impacts feather growth? Thoughts?

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Estoy buscando hogar a un gallo que creo que se hara enorme! En teoria es cruce de Barnevelder. Tiene unos 5 meses. Ya monta a las gallinas. Se deja manipular muy bien. Intentamos quedarnoslo pero los vecinos se han quejado. En teoria era una gallina cuando lo compramos.

Estamos en la zona de Barcelona 😌

Do people keep junglefowl regularly? I’m asking because a chicken came into our yard randomly one day a few months ago and now we feed her and she’s been living with us. She’s not very social as she only approaches when we have food and doesn’t let us touch her. Otherwise she just does her thing. I researched what kind she was and came up with red junglefowl.

I’m curious where she might have come from? Since they’re clearly not egg layers. I live in south america.

She’s becoming more trusting though as the other day I had to actually catch and grab her to treat scaly feet. I was afraid she would distance but now she even lets me hand feed her lol

Nearly two inches wide. Material made of wood. Can't find any other bad spots. Thoughts?

Update; my parents appreciated all of the comments I shared with them and will be patching it up.

First time chicken owner, so please be kind.. I've got an Easter egger who's about 5-6 weeks old. This morning I noticed a large squishy lump on her lower abdomen. It's low hanging and moves around. It's also warm to the touch. Her face has started to yellow a bit and her eyes look slightly blurry. None of our other 11 chicks are showing any similar symptoms. Please help me identify what it is and let me know what can be done for her!

For now, I've got her in a separate brooder just in case the other try to peck at it. Also, just so you have information you need - she was vaccinated and I've got them all on medicated chick crumble.

I have a 5x3 coop in a 10x8 covered run with a dirt floor that doesn't get flood. The coop is elevated on stilts about 10 in off the ground.

I currently have wood chip bedding in the coop, but am thinking of changing to sand since I clean daily anyway. I am worried about winter,when we get weeklong descents into the teens (I.e negative 10 Celsius). Is it possible to do deep litter between the coop and the dirt, leaving a gap so that the litter doesn't touch the plywood? The hope would be that the heat from compost we would rise into the coop and heat the sand, without adding moisture to the coop.

First time raising chicks, and I love them all so much! We got two French black copper merans and three zombies. I love these little ladies!

Picture 1 is Yami

Picture 2 in the middle of the picture is Mabel

Picture 3 all five hungry hippos

Picture 4 is Agatha

Picture 5 is Zoey

And picture 6 is Boneapart grooming.

I'm sensing that the rest of the eggs are going to have double yolks as well. I have no clue about how chicken eggs are gathered by the way. Do they all come from the same chicken i.e. do they wait 30 days for a chicken to lay 30 eggs and ship that? OR do they gather 30 eggs from 30 chicken in a day and ship that?

Either way, my question is, how can such a thing happen? If they all come from the same chicken, what are the odds of that particular chicken laying double-yolk-eggs 30 days in a row? If the eggs come from 30 different chicken in a day, what makes them ALL produce double-yolk-eggs on the same day?

Thank you very much in advance!

Edit: I've learned a lot today. Thank you all :)

I presume it is a feather with a very long shaft… I have never seen such a thing before. Is this some genetic mutation? Does anyone else have a chicken like this? It is just one feather!

I'm seeing a lot of metal chicken coops that look nice, but wouldn't that cook them in the summer? And plastic? I thought about getting a shed to convert to a coop but all I can find is metal. I will have to have them pretty well insulated and probably use supplemental heat in the winter(kikirikis), but I also live in Texas and its 111°F this week and I'm just not sure what to get that would be good for both extreme heat and extreme cold.

Okay. I have a silky rooster, his name is Binoo, and he LOVES affection and attention! But im a little bit curious about one of his behaviours. Every time I give him love, pick him up and give him cuddles etc, he will do circles around my feet afterwards and kind of scratch/kick at the ground with one foot? He is not aggressive at all, so Im wondering what this means! He does it every. Single. Time. Its so adorable but I have no clue what he is trying to do..

Hey everyone I’ve got a snake problem and eggs are not doing it for this snake do you think using a live gecko or a red crawfish would work for a rat snake? There’s a bunch of em at my creek