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So- I wasn’t sure if the young pigeons I bought last September were a boy and a girl or what, but apparently I have one of each! Had our first two eggs and at least one appeared to be fertilized (circle apparent on yolk). I cracked them to check for that, and figured I’d fry them just so they...

Good morning! We've had our first 12 eggs from our six chickens - 3-4 of them are laying, we think. About half of the eggs have been stepped on and slightly cracked. The hens go into the nesting boxes (12" cubes) and proceed to scratch scratch scratch until all the wood chips are gone. There...

For some reason I keep singing this to myself to the tune of "I am the walrus". So - my question is about chickens squatting for me now that they've started to lay. All but one of them were very standoffish til now, but now I'm enjoying the fact that all six cluster around me and squat and...

Good morning, and sorry for sharing this photo when many may be having their breakfast!! One of my girls (3 months old) has been dropping stool that is much darker than the others. Almost black, and slightly more solid that the others. In the picture, it’s the upper set of stool samples as well...

I've been wanting to start a thread so that I can keep track of my own musings as a first-time chicken owner (long-time chicken sitter). I chose the name since my chickens....are in the woods. The coop is NOT the nice brown building off to the left (that is my kids playhouse, built during the...

Hi folks! Thanks again for the help I’ve gotten so far - first time pigeon owner. Our pigeons are seven weeks old, according to the farmer that I bought them from last week, and seem to be settling pretty well. However, my coop cam caught them grasping each other by the bill and pulling back...

Hi folks! This is “Atilla the hen”, which I’m realizing may have been a name that temped fate a bit too much. He/she is a black copper maran, and I think we are at just under seven weeks. Atilla has beautiful gold feathers on the neck, none in the back. Is there ANY chance this is a pullet? I...

Hi folks, For our initial foray into pigeon keeping, I picked up two from a farm swap yesterday. The owner said they were six weeks old. They are now in the enclosure we built for them, which is about three feet high with roosts on the walls. There is an aviary but we are keeping them out of...

Good morning from upstate New York! My family has been going to the New York State fair in Syracuse ever since the kids were babies, and are looking forward to heading there in a couple weeks. It's only a 1.5 hour drive for us. We are wanna-be poultry owners, and are building a coop+run right...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? New, but have an avid chicken-owning neighbor and have helped out when they travel for the past few years. Parent in California also has 7 chickens, so I've at least seen some different setups. (2) How many chickens do you have...