This little nugget is Geraldine aka Curley Fry aka Miss Frizzle. She’s a little powder keg of sass and lets no obstacle stand in her way.

My handsome, funny, intelligent, silly little guy passed away suddenly a few days ago and I have been grieving hard. I rescued him from the mountains in October 2024. He was a young roo, his crown and waddle were so tiny (last photo)! He was becoming such a smart, independent, confident, and hilarious guy. Everyone on the block LOVED him. I just wanted to share his beauty! I’m so incredibly lucky that I had the opportunity to share this part of life with him. My new motto in life is “What would Kevin do?” 💖

Highly recommend - tiny alligators absolutely necessary.

(For real though we’ve had record rainfall while I’ve been in the process of digging around the run/coop for a buried hardware cloth apron/rock fill and it made me laugh when I looked out the window)

I dont want the same chicken pun names that everyone and their momma is using. The more badazz the better!

help

The fact that silkie chickens exist is crazy to me they are 20% chicken 70% fluff how do they even see with all that fluff over their eyes?!!?

They’re a mix of EE and who knows what else 😂 but they’re beautiful!

This was taken on March 23rd and for some reason I couldn’t upload the video on here.

He did this only three or four times and all happened that day. Nothing else seemed out of place at all and he never did it again after that. He passed away a few days ago without any visible signs of injury, illness, trauma whatsoever. Kevin was around 7-8 months old. I miss him so much more than I expected and his passing is proving to be pretty hard on me. I am just really hoping that the cause wasn’t something that I could have prevented.

I just don't know what I'm dealing with here. This one chick is way bigger than the others and it loves water. Its voice keeps cracking, so I think it's a rooster. What do you think?

Okay so, I am so sad to have possibly found out my favorite chick is potentially a roo (isn’t that how it always works out? 🫠).

The hen is an olive egger, I’m guessing a barred olive egger. So a cream legbar cross. Don’t know forsure but she’s basically brown with barring and two tiny little head feathers.

She was bred to my pure ayam cemani roo (too much mulberry to be show quality, but great for a future zombie project). With her obviously being barred, would her offspring have a white spot? He is 3 weeks and two days. Heavy on the barring already. They hatched with a pretty distinct white spot.

I feel like I’m stumped! The other baby has puffy cheeks with no white spot and is kinda silvery in color.

Pic of mom and dad

They like to perch on top of the plate which is so cute!

The younger one on the left is a golden lace wyandotte named Alice and the older one on the right is a barnyard mix named Annabelle. I think the older one is closer to 6 weeks old and the young one is maybe a week or two behind her.

I got them in mid March and they’re doing well! I want to move their brooder into the coop next week since it will feel a bit more like spring and less like winter. I plan to keep their heat plate too for the next 4 weeks (they will be ~8 weeks old then).

I have a large dog crate coming on Monday and if it’s warm enough I’ll move them in there to start meeting my other 4 girls for short sprints during the day. I want to take my time with integration it’s my first time doing this and I hope it goes well 😬

Anyway just wanted to share! Tell me your stories of integrating your new birds with an existing flock!

Do the colors of my roosters have a name? I really love their colors

I got her from a tub at Rural King that said "bantam" as a chick in order to satisfy some broody hen. I assumed she'd be a silkie mix but clearly not. She's more than 18 weeks old and I don't think she's getting bigger.

I went to check on our orpington chicks that got moved out to the box that we use to acclimate new chicks to the rest of the flock, and found three dead and one that had to be put down. All four were missing their right legs. The box is a 2x4 frame with pallet walls covered in chicken wire. There are latched and locked gates on the front for cleaning out bedding and top lift doors to access the food and water that is suspended from the roof. We haven't had any issues with predators inside the run besides an egg thieving black snake a couple years ago. There was no signs of any attemp to dig under and no prints on the exterior of the box to be found. Any assistance or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

As I commented on someone else's post, it never gets easier for me. So here I present an amazing lady.

Shout out to the last of my OG chickens. I loved her so much, but unfortunately chickens don't have the longest of lives. Corduroy aka Cordy aka Big Brown Bird loved to peck at my freckles, sit on my boots while I drank coffee, and lay the most beautiful blue eggs. She hasn't laid an egg in a bit minute but that didn't stop her from being my favorite. RIP Queen..

Cheers everyone.

Our chicks just arrived in West Texas from Meyer Hatchery in Ohio. They hatched Monday and seem really perky given their extended journey.

For $2, I had to grab it. Guessing by the tag it's 70's or 80's and not too far from us here in NC.

Our girl was chased by a corgi. She was cowering in the corner of our shop. Not sure if she was bit but there was no blood. She’s limping on one leg and nothing seems broken. she’s had some water and a little bit of food. She’s secluded herself in her nesting box, panting a little bit and closing her eyes. We’re trying to leave her be but anything else we should look out for or try if she’s not doing better tomorrow? We just lost a girl last week to a hawk so our girls have been through it 😢

if you live in a city and there is a cap on how many birds you can have, do you have a formula for adding new birds so you can supplement egg production without increasing the flock size too fast? i am imagining starting with 3 and then +2 every 2-3 years..

i don't have a yard right now so just playing make-believe until it becomes realistic.

edit: i thought you all might say this lol

This leghorn has a small yellow spot/scab on its beak. Anything to worry about?

Hi all! We inherited a chicken coop with our home. I currently have 4 week old chicks in a brooder and I’m working on getting their outdoor coop all set up. There is kinda an odd floor opening design that I’m trying to figure out. The previous owners had a ramp underneath but no closure for the night that I’m aware of. I’m looking for advice on what others would do for a closure. I’ve considered adding hinges on the ramp so we could latch it at night. I’ve never seen an automatic door on a floor but could that be a possibility? The run is very secure so I’m not too worried but I would like the extra safety.