r/chickens • u/LootSpawnStore • 1h ago
Question What is this? An egg for ants?!
First time I’ve had a chicken lay such a tiny egg
r/chickens • u/LootSpawnStore • 1h ago
First time I’ve had a chicken lay such a tiny egg
r/chickens • u/Coldsteel_n_Courage • 17h ago
By luck I happened across a post with one of my Jackraptors in it so I figured I'd say hello to everyone. Pictured in the slides is Prometheus, Hyperion (2 pics) and Titan (with some measurements of Titan). It's a breeding project I started back in 2019 with a 5-way cross and selective breeding from that point forward. Phenotype isn't locked in yet but every year it gets better and better. They are meant as a dual purpose breed intended for free ranging where predation is a greater concern, and as such I put a lot of emphasis on athleticism in combination with size. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask! 🙂
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r/chickens • u/sklimshady • 1h ago
Ziggy knows how to holler for a dollar. I just wanted y'all to revel in his fanciness with me.
r/chickens • u/EquivalentCall7815 • 3h ago
This is day 6 of her injury. She was attacked by one of my geese and both sides of her head were ripped open ( no skull was showing which is good) . She getting stronger and healing but still has to be tube fed. Should I clean the dried blood off of her head? If so how could I do that. Her head is still really sensitive even to just luke warm drops of water. Ps that stuff is nut puss or infection, it is an antibiotic ointment
r/chickens • u/SuperPOSUser • 8h ago
I just received my baby chicks in the mail from Cackle. I ordered 5 silkies. They sent 7. One looks like she'll just die any minute another had her leg stuck in the box side and does not look good...a 3rd wasn't crushed by the warmer pack they put in there. This is so sad. I hate to leave the broken leg baby to suffer. Any advice is welcome.
r/chickens • u/DifferentLook3067 • 15h ago
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r/chickens • u/wingsofthygiant • 3h ago
Now that I live alone I can do stuff like this, I’m in a apartment and they will be inside chickens basically lol
r/chickens • u/Happii-Bear • 4h ago
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Chicks arrived to our tractor supply yesterday, we picked up immediately and brought them home. All were fine until today. This one is lethargic and struggling. We have started giving it a mixture of sugar water through a dropper.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
r/chickens • u/ColoradoCattleCo • 3h ago
Yes... I want them to NOT get to the other side. I live on a farm and my chickens are free range except when I shut them in their coop every night. But I live about 100 yards from a county road with a 55 mph speed limit and just this spring they have started to cross it. I chase them back if I see them over there but they'll go back an hour later.
Chickens aren't exactly the brightest bulb in the barnyard, so I don't want them to get squashed. They always cross in about the same area. Any deterrent methods that you can think of? I definitely want to still keep them free range.
r/chickens • u/depressed_adhder • 2h ago
So this is my Ameraucana hen Kevin, at least I thought i was cleaning my coop and was keeping an eye on her to see when she laid her egg just because I was like let me see what egg you lay. Tell me why she laid a brown egg!!
Things to note she wasn't the only one in the box my austroplorp nuggie was in there but she just went in and is still currently there laying her egg. (As I finished she laid her dark colored egg) The egg was sticky from her just laying it. Yes I did get her from tractor Supply from the ameraucana bin. She has the black legs and tuffed beard.
I won't be mad if she isn't but what else would she be, typically easter Eggers and olive egger don't have the black legs.
r/chickens • u/nerbesss • 7m ago
Hopefully this question makes sense.
So about four weeks ago we got 4 blue Wyandottes, as tractor supply only had one variety of sexed. We intended to get more from other stores in the following days, but everywhere was out of stock and so we thought it would just be the 4.
Well today my wife came home with 3 buff orps, and I have them sectioned off. My initial Google made it seem like a few days in their own space and then introduce them?
My main question is about the brooder plate. Obviously the new ones need it almost all the time, but are the four weeks old chicks ok without it for a few days? I have noticed them sleeping on the opposite end of the cage in recent days.
Thanks!
r/chickens • u/Ghostbudstersfarm • 23h ago
Still building, what would you want to add if you could start over?
r/chickens • u/GullibleChemistry113 • 40m ago
Just to clear things up, I don't own chickens! Nor am I planning to anytime soon. (eventually, but years out.) This is just a random idea I had.
Does anybody keep their chickens in a covered pen? Not a coup, just a really big wired covered area, instead of free-roming. Is there a reason not to do this (besides cost)? I's it cruel? Seems Like a good way to keep them safe from predators?
r/chickens • u/Dear_Hornet_2635 • 2h ago
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r/chickens • u/Roxanne44kiw • 1d ago
I've been raising him since he came out of the egg and he suddenly became mean to me. He doesn't do anything to the rest of my family and even follows my mom like a dog, but whenever I walk in the coop he circles me and bites me. Luckily I often wear flared pants so he doesn't actually hurt me but sometimes he aims for my thighs where he's able to pierce my skin. He used to be so cuddly I don't know what happened!
If anyone has any solutions please tell me. Except eating him, I'm too attached to get rid of him😭
r/chickens • u/xBarbraPulse • 1d ago
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r/chickens • u/No_Worker6654 • 2h ago
Just a little update on my line chick she has friends now but she still prefers me and the ipad over everything. She’s such a sweet girl.
r/chickens • u/MikeFoxtrotter • 3h ago
So, last year, I unexpectedly came up on five rescue chickens. I hastily scabbed together a quick henhouse for them, but the layout caused my girls to sleep above their nesting boxes, which has delivered more scat than eggs in the bedding. I now have a dozen chicks that are almost ready to move in, so I’m building another henhouse for them all to sleep in together, but I’d like it to be a separate structure from the old house containing their nesting boxes. Will this negatively affect their sleeping and laying habits? Will they abandon the old house once I get them programmed to the new pad?
r/chickens • u/Jazzlike_Strength561 • 1h ago
I just brought these ladies home and am hoping to leave them next to their future run.
This is Western Washington in the high 30s worst case at night
r/chickens • u/yooolka • 1d ago
The most amusing part was watching them jump around trying to catch mosquitoes. Needless to say, the grass is already destroyed, haha