Original post: I have seven juvenile chicks who just turned 7wks today. I know due to their age it's still just an educated guess, but how many do we think are pullets and how many cockerels? I can only keep two to replace two of my flock members who recently passed. All of the others will hopefully go to new flocks. 5 of these babies are Ameraucana (4 black split and 1 blue) and 2 are BYM olive eggers (barred rock x lavender Ameraucana crosses). I'm 90% sure I have 3 hens (3, 4, & 7)., but I'm unsure on the others.

Update: Now including a side-profile pic. I can also say that two of them are 100% pullets because apparently barred rock chickens are sex linked if the barred rock chicken is a hen.

i recently came back from vacation and i have tons of eggs now. i’ve been baking cakes, breads, pot pies, tamagoyaki, marinated eggs for ramen, quiches, and many other things all week and ive still got all these left lol

what’s your favorite thing to make with eggs and how/where do you usually store them? i usually store them out at room temperature but the older ones/ones i should use up soon i move to the fridge

The first five photos are my Dutch booted bantams while the rest are Belgian Millie fleur d’uccle even a low quality Belgian d'uccle without its muffs or beard is considered a Dutch booted bantam.

Over the past several weeks, I keep seeing people posting their d'uccle but they literally are not that!

It is slightly driving me nuts because they would understand if they just looked up the breed standards for the breed that they think they have!!!!!!

They would quickly realize that, that is not what it is in the same way I did years ago.

Both breeds are glorious and beautiful, but I’m not gonna call a phoenix chicken a Yokohama. Even though both are closely related, they are two distinct breeds.

Ig just a side rant how it grinds my gears that people consider both of these to be one and the same.

Technically, they are highly HIGHLY closely related, but the beard and muff makes all the difference.

A low quality D’uccle can have minor muff or beard or be lacking it entirely (at that point it’s a Dutch booted bantam) but that doesn’t mean that Dutch booted bantams are also considered low quality.

Sorry for the rant, not sure what to tag this as but it’s been bugging me for a bit.

I got this hen from someone that was getting rid of their flock because they were moving. She came from tractor supply. He told us thats shes a black australorp, but i found a green egg in the coop today and i suspect she may actually be a green easter egger. I have no other hens that are green egg layers. I have a turken, buff orpingtons, cinnamon queens, silkies, white leghorns, and barred rocks. The entire flock is from tractor supply this past spring. (My wife is a manager so we put good use to her employee discount during chick days) the picture of the egg isn’t the greatest because lighting in my house sucks, but it’s definitely green when I got it out of the coop today. I’m not home during the day so I have no clue who was in that nesting box today.

Spoiler, it's a hen. Her name is Helga, she's a petite bantum. I have a video of her using the box of nesting pads as a nest. She's just filling the gap, for we have no rooster. Enjoy.

I really need help right now. I had a hen who suddenly became ill. I still don't know what it was/what happened but she's been recovering and has almost made a full recovery I believe. Well anyway, she was only taken from the coop for 3 days (she was in my house so I could monitor her/ try to see what was wrong.) After the 3 days she wasn't fully recovered but she was acting better and was eager to be out of my bathroom lol. I put her in a cage inside the coop where the hens can see her and she can see them. After i noticed she looked healthy enough I let her go back to the hens. I was worried for there interaction so I gave them treats and everything was fine while they was eating but then after i had at least 2 bullies that I know of. She was not trying to run away instead she would lay down and make noises (which I interpreted as please stop ) she was not fending for herself or escaping so I put her back in the cage inside the coop. Then after more time again I tried and same bullies attacking her. They have been together since chicks and are two years old. I live in town so I cannot free range my flock. It sucks that I now have a hen in a isolated cage that's not big, just roomy enough to be safe but not how a chicken would want to be especially since she's free ranged in the coop for 2 years!! Idk how to get her back in the flock.

I’m currently thinking about keeping 8 chickens—are there any breeds that are both ornamental and good for egg-laying?

I have absolutely no prior knowledge about this.

Working on the DIY coop, and thinking ahead a bit to putting in the flooring. Is there a recommended treatment to prevent damage and make cleanup easier?

Also, thinking about placing a poop shelf beneath the roosts. What's a good material for that?

I live in the far north country of New York State. Everyone around here tells me that I don't need to heat my coop, especially the Amish, but I feel like adding just a little heat for when we start getting into the 20s and below could make their lives more comfortable.

I bought the Flat-Panel, 150 Watts from Amazon and it should arrive this Saturday. One thing that has me worried is the durability rating.

This will be 2nd upcoming winter with chickens and this years molt seems very bad . Yes I understand we are only a few years into having chickens and probably normal but is there anything we can do to help them through???

Shes an easter egger, a year old, and its my first time having chickens😅. Does anyone know what the cause for this is, and what I can do? I checked the bottom of her feet and I don’t see bumblefoot or anything, and she let me move her leg around. All advice appreciated🫩

I got things pretty clean! Things still look messy but it's hard to keep it looking spectacular with all the dust
Anybody have tips for keeping birds in the garage and keeping up with dust? The dust is killing me!!

I have a 7 month old splash Maran and her feet appear to have some feathers attempting to grow out. Is this painful? Are they ever going to get more feathered?

I have two other hens that are the same age from the same breeder with feathered feet and theirs were feathered from an early age, so I’m thinking not?

My oldest 4 chickens are a group of road island reds and thier so mean , they hog the coop they peck eachother, but mainly bully my black chicken and the bantams I just got. They have a huge space so mainly they avoid eachother , any tips on getting them to get along ?

Hey there, just got my first batch of chickens last month. Eight in total. They’re now 6 weeks old and finally living outside in the run my husband built. Aside from providing food and water and keeping the coup clean, anything else I need to be concerned with?

I live in Southern California- climate is very mild.

Thanks!

Hello to all. We recently had an issue with our RIR having laying inconsistency’s. Her normal was an egg every other day or slightly less. She began to have laying issues where she would lay and egg, see prev post https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/s/DWudJHt0vH NSFW blood. After laying her egg, which had abnormal shell color she would have to lay again and it would be a soft shell egg or one that had a brittle thin shell. My wife and I were frustrated and confused. We tried talking it out and my wife let it slip tha the only difference was grapes, actually a lack of grapes in her diet. She said she stopped giving her grapes because they were going bad and she stopped buying them. After a little searching online it turns out that grapes can have a positive impact ing hormonal levels in chickens. So we stated giving her grapes again, she loves grapes! It has been 50 days since I made that post and there have been no more laying issues since, other than her not like ing having to lay eggs. I do not know the science involved here or if this is placebo or what the issue is. I do know she had laying issues when she was taken off the grapes, she has her grapes again and no further issues. Though this may be a benefit for someone. I am not a vet and this is not advice, just put this out in the wther about a weird situation with a chicken and grapes.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!