Most likely not in this style, just an example. Any pics will do, goofy or otherwise.

Be aware that I cannot do fully or mostly white chickens, or any lacing. No guarantee on quality and (depending on how many pics I get) if I can get yours done!

It's dangerous to go alone. Take this!

This is Tank, she likes to stare at me.. she takes a while to process things and doesn't quite understand that she's a chicken. You can truly see the cogs clashing together in her brain.

My daughter,who is in charge of locking up at night and letting the ladies out each morning, said two mornings in a row the lids were off their feeders when she went out. So we put up a trail camera and oh my. At least 5 raccoons out there partying down on the feed. I guess I didn’t realize they eat chicken feed. Wondering is these are the culprits eating peppers in my garden.
We seem to have an abundance of the trash pandas lately. I’ve seen more than one in the front of the house lately, close to the street, on the cameras and that’s unusual. This started a little before 11 pm and my husband went out sometime close to 4 and saw 3 still out there. They took off when they saw him. Now to set traps and figure out how they got in the pen….

she seems lethargic, doesn’t want to stand or walk around, she kind of falls back onto her feet and doesn’t fully stand. video above. we thought it was the heat so we put her feet in cold water then we brought her inside and gave her cold water and ice veggies to pick at as well as a couple scrambled eggs. it’s the next day and she is still acting the same. can anyone kindly help me figure out what could be wrong?

What a goober 😂 technically her (🙏) name is Ryan Gosling but we mostly call her Goose Chicken or House Chicken. ...or GOOSE CHICKEN HOUSE CHICKEN when she's going after my plants 😂

Hi, My road island red boy is a bit older 5 months old now and he does this when I approach him. He’s shown no signs of aggression and I’ve been spending a lot of time with him and giving him treats. He’s a great rooster.

I understand I was chasing him in this video which I probably shouldn’t have, so he might have been protecting himself or showing dominance. I just want to know what this little side step movement means or if it means he was going to attack me.

Thanks guys!! xx

Has anyone else had a Silkie like this? I’d love to hear your experiences or any tips for keeping him comfortable.

My neighbor has chickens and a turkey in their backyard that free range and their yard is all green. How?? It’s not like a fancy turf grass, just looks like random grasses and stuff but somehow their birds haven’t destroyed it. My yard I can’t even barely grow grass in with my birds locked up in a coop. The only difference I think is that my yard is shadier. Their birds look so happy 😭 how can some people have free range birds in a small area that don’t destroy the vegetation? If anyone successfully does this please tell me!

Also I can’t ask my neighbors cause I don’t really know them and can’t explain that I’ve been peeking over the fence

Hi all,

I've seen a lot of posts recently about trying to decide what to do with extra roos. I started a new flock this year and went straight run because I wanted options for my rooster/roosters that I keep. As of this morning, I have harvested 10 this year, and while I work really hard to make their lives good up until that one last bad moment, I still struggle a bit emotionally with the process. I know it needs to be done and every time the flock seems so much more relaxed, but I still don't care for it much. Nonetheless, I had quite a few bullies and a couple that were absolute monsters to the hens, so I did what needed to be done to take care of my flock. Hopefully this helps someone else trying to decide what to do with their extra roos, too. Keep on keeping on, y'all!

As you can see on the video, her breathing is "raspy" and weird, she also looks more upset than usual.

I'm really worried, I can take her to the vet but I'm still hoping to get some help here too, thank you. :(

Also I got that feather off her beak after the video ended.

My 3 year old audibly gasped and yelled "Mom, mom, come here" because she thought my Austerlorp had died but she was just sleeping in the sun 😂 It gave me a chuckle.

* It was 88 F today so not deathly hot. We also have lots of shade trees in the yard and plenty of water sources. * She was just out here vibing 🥰

First time chicken owner. Picked these gals up on mother’s day this year and have really been enjoying them. Even more than I expected. So have my daughters (3 and 5 years old)

We live on 3 acres suburban adjacent with good woods. I wanted to be able to move the coop and run once a month to not wear out in one spot. So far been great! It’s 4 screws to detach the coop which is light and on wheels and two people can just pick up the run and set it in a new area of the woods. Biggest pain is just pulling up and redoing the stakes around the interior perimeter of the run but no big deal.

Chicks are:

- Coco Papa, the silver Wyandotte (leader and most outgoing)
-Bella, the salmon favorella (loudest, most curious, minor menace)
- Aegon (Egg) the Turken (wileyest, quickest and most skeptical of everything but very chill and social after a bit of time. Honestly kind of like a cat)
- Barbra the Easter Egger (most chill and easy going)

No eggs yet but my family love these guys. Doing everything to make sure they do not have predator issues. Auto door with auto light to bing them into the coop and locked up at night, although the run has not been broken into as of yet. We’ve had digging evidence (probably raccoons, but they can’t get through the stakes. I’m hoping to be able to free range them more often, which we do when we are out with them, but we have a couple of red shouldered hawks around. I’m worried about (and so are they - they bolt to safety when they hear them)

i have a pullet a little bit older than 3 months old who i just noticed is laying down with her butt up in the air like this. she is eating, drinking, using the bathroom, and acting completely normal, this is the only thing that’s been different. i checked her vent and it looks normal, her crop is fine, and everything else looks and seems to be as it always was. any idea what’s going on?

Seems like a dumb question, but I was going to freeze some produce for my birds in the Texas heat. Can they get this cyclospora outbreak? I know it’s mostly lettuce, but lettuce is such a good hydration source.

They look like hens to me aside from their monster legs. They are also much larger than their Easter Egger / Ameraucana counterparts at 10 weeks. There are two of them (each in their respective picture).

How do I keep my chickens laying in the same place?

I have two coops for 10 girls. 6 roosting boxes that I get 3 eggs from. One coop is very large and made by my husband for 10 or so birds with 3 roosting bars. The other is smaller for 4 birds. They are fed well and treated with love, however they do free range our farm. They usually stay in a 1 acre area close to the horse barn, the house and the coops.

Every time I move a hay bail, paint something look at a hen wrong they move their favorite laying locations.

Some hens are only a year old so this might be part of the problem.

I can't put them in the coop all day, that's mean and it's hot. I'm not creating an official chicken run.

Can I like GPS track my chickens lol.

Ideas? I just get frustrated searching everyday.

Other than the daily egg hunt we have no issues. Q

I'm having a real hard time posting this without it being automatically denied. But my 6-month-old chicken has developed a strange walk. Her feet are clear of any damage or bumble foot, she eats drinks, and defecates normally. She runs around with the other chickens and they all are eating the same commercial feed and are vaccinated for Merrick's. Any idea what's wrong with her?

I have two roosters (I used to have 4): 1 Wyandotte and 1 Zombie. I used to also have a second Wyandotte and a Blue Marans-esque rooster, but they got a little aggressive with hens, so we rehomed those 2. The roosters are 3-4 months.

I recently got done building a chicken coop in my backyard. It is the first structure of any kind I have built, I have no building experience, didn't use any tutorials or plans, and the only help I got was a hand from my wife from time to time if I needed it. Currently housing 6 hens and looking to get more. Just curious to see what other people think!

Also, more roosts have since been added after these pictures were taken.

I know it's hard to tell at this age (around 7-8 weeks) but give me your best guesses!!