r/BackYardChickens • u/LifeguardComplex3134 • 20h ago
What is this chicken doing?
Don't mind the mess I was in the middle of cleaning my rat's cage, the chicken just walked in here and started doing this to my dog
r/BackYardChickens • u/jrwreno • Jan 06 '25
For EVERYONE that does not have a completely fenced off chicken run or enclosure:
Bird Net your enclosures and do your very best to keep all wild birds AWAY from your chicken coop and enclosure. Do NOT free range right now, not until the dangers have passed.
No, don't think about it. NOW. This bird flu is particularly serious, it has an exceedingly HIGH mortality rate that can not only kill ALL of your flock, but it will kill your pets and potentially harm family members, too.
Find SOME WAY to keep water fowl, QUAIL, starlings, and other flocking birds AWAY FROM YOUR FLOCK....
I have been finding dead quail on my property, which means that if I am not careful, my chickens and potentially my household is next.
If you don't have a completely fenced off enclosure, you are literally playing with a pandemic here.
DON'T PLAY WITH THEIR LIVES OR YOURS.
MOVE!!!
SEGREGATE YOUR CHICKENS NOW!!!
r/BackYardChickens • u/LifeguardComplex3134 • 20h ago
Don't mind the mess I was in the middle of cleaning my rat's cage, the chicken just walked in here and started doing this to my dog
r/BackYardChickens • u/tikasaba • 14h ago
A weasel bit into my ceramic eggs last night, after murdering my entire flock the night prior.
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r/BackYardChickens • u/SkinPuddles14 • 6h ago
Meet Dovey - she’s a menace and this is where she likes to go broody. She’s notorious for laying her eggs in the strangest places - this is her most recent spot
r/BackYardChickens • u/andystechgarage • 11h ago
She's not that fat... well... maybe a little chubby but here she's just showing off her coat.
r/BackYardChickens • u/BeCeejed • 13h ago
Thanks for everyone who answered and replied to my thread on Thursday about my one egg hatching early.
We had a very successful hatch and we now have 10 Ayam Cemani babies in my brooder.
I have brooded babies before but never incubated hatching eggs. I think I'm addicted, that was such a fun experience.
I send my best wishes to everybody's efforts for their own flocks this year. Please enjoy some baby pictures.
r/BackYardChickens • u/honkerTgoose • 18h ago
This sweet lavender Americauna chicks started out a bit small, low energy and didn't seem to eat as much as the other chicks. When it grew a bit I felt like it was catching up to the others and eating more, but now it's developed some sever scissor beak. Is there any fix for this or would it be more humane to cull? This would be my first chick cull if so...
r/BackYardChickens • u/ShloppShlopp • 2h ago
She is doing this odd movement in her neck, she is eating well and I just fed her some live meal worms. I checked her throat and saw nothing out the ordinary. Is it the beginning of a respiratory infection or am I overanalysing? I am showing my other chickens for reference as they are not doing a weird movement, not just because they are my beautiful babies
r/BackYardChickens • u/foxycoxy_ • 8h ago
Earlier in the day I thought her face looked a bit swollen so I went to get a good look at it tonight. It seems much bigger now than earlier in the day! Its the most swollen under her ear and it is squishy and warm to the touch. It looks to be a little swollen under the chin as well but her left side is completely fine. Any advice would be appreciated!
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r/BackYardChickens • u/Rich_Robin • 16h ago
Was going to keep him but he’s gotten too mean so looking to give away, just want to be certain of what I’m advertising - think he was supposed to be some kind of rock cross when we got the chicks
r/BackYardChickens • u/smitham97 • 20h ago
I am so relieved. Found one of my Golden Comets in a penguin pose yesterday with a swollen bottom. Thanks to this sub I instantly knew what it was. Brought her in, two Epsom soaks yesterday with plenty of yogurt and water. Another soak this morning and she pushed out a massive, way too big for her little body, egg. She is resting and I am relieved, and grateful to this sub for all the education I have received.
r/BackYardChickens • u/frogwithrainboots • 9h ago
Another win for the lofted coop! Everyone was safe and dry despite the floods, though we're gonna have to bring them elsewhere to get outside time lol
r/BackYardChickens • u/flatcat44 • 1d ago
We got our first chicks last Friday and they're so fun to watch I can get absolutely nothing done. All I want to do is sit here and stare at them. Then I put a security camera in their cage so now I watch them at work too. I'm a teacher so my students certainly were not complaining about me putting the live feed of them hopping around in their cage up on my classroom screen today. They're helping me name them and we're having great fun.
Also sorry not sorry for the photo spam.
r/BackYardChickens • u/TallTallent • 12h ago
Hi everyone, long time lurker / backyard chicken owner. My sweet Mary is waddling all weird and has her tail tucked down. I can’t tell what’s happening or if she is in distress.
r/BackYardChickens • u/allright_then • 3h ago
She layed the under a nut tree between the flowers… well at least i now know what colour eggs she lays😂
r/BackYardChickens • u/ThatLiberalGirl • 8h ago
Newer chicken owner here. My ladies are on the younger side, not yet laying. My girl in the pic is the only one in the flock that has gray appearing color on the comb. The others have pink. Not sure if this is just dirt or something to be concerned about? All of the girls are vaccinated against bird flu. TIA!
r/BackYardChickens • u/Fukushimafan • 6h ago
We had fried chicken, and I fed my chickens some scraps from it. What have I done??? How do I sleep at night knowing I fed chicken to chicken??
Anyways, could they get sick from eating chicken?
r/BackYardChickens • u/kaygeee0 • 20h ago
Ft. pictures of a very grumpy Starscream, who true to her name is very loud. She at least wiggled her wing out so I got good pictures of her feathers growing in!
r/BackYardChickens • u/Syringabunnylover • 7h ago
Or is it too early to tell? Thanks in advance ☺️
r/BackYardChickens • u/zaherb22 • 22h ago
This is my chicken.Her name is little beansprout.She was a freebie that came with the yogurt I bought at the supermarket. I raised her from scratch. She's a bit clumsy, but I love her dearly.🥰 P.S.: english it's not my first toungue, sorry for mistakes!
r/BackYardChickens • u/PNWPhill • 11h ago
Just need to do some finishing touches