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Insert your chicken pics here! A place post pics of the cute chicks we love =-) Started by Brenna z6 PA	77	Jan 30 Reply by Alison Baker
Chicken Rearing 101 a very funny lesson in chicken rearing A MUST READ! Capon: A castrated male used for meat. [How much could that yield?]Pullet: A female chicken under one year old.Hen: A female chicken over o… Started by dale learn bayda	6	Nov 20, 2011 Reply by dale learn bayda
chicken feed draws rats don't jump all over me becasue i know how sensitive folks are about the things they love but a long time ago my friends had chickens and sh… Started by barbara moloney	23	Nov 18, 2011 Reply by Christine C
New to chickens, what's a bantam? I got chickens, (Rhode Island reds, Polish crested) mostly for insect control. My husband suggests we should get some bantams but I have n… Started by MrPKitty	7	Sep 13, 2011 Reply by Bonnie Hannum ~ Missouri, USA
Moulting or not??? Okay, it's hot in TX we all can agree. Birds need extra water and more protein. I have a Dominecker that appears to be molting. I am fin… Started by Charles Taylor	4	Jun 12, 2011 Reply by Charles Taylor
brooders (making them) any advice? getting ready to make a brooder, I've seen many online, it will only be for 3 chicks for 2mths, any advice? Started by Alison Baker	4	May 3, 2011 Reply by Alison Baker
What's your favorite breed and why? Mine is definitely cochins, mostly because of their sweet disposition, but also because of their so-cute puffy butts! :) I like most of th… Started by Skeeter588	25	Apr 5, 2011 Reply by Lyn (Sydney,Aus)
bored, naughty chickens... how do YOU entertain them? I just found Prudence dead..I think the others did it. I don't think she was ill I just think they were bored and picked on her...so sad to… Started by dale learn bayda	20	Apr 2, 2011 Reply by Sudschick
Broody Hens and Mixed-species Families I usually have at least one hen that goes broody about this time of year, and sure enough, I have one barred rock out there right now, boun… Started by Kim Beall	4	Sep 30, 2010 Reply by Julie Buck
strange chicken afflictions who knew?? I had to put down a "pet" chicken this fall because of a supposed parasite that I hand fed her from some new soil we had brought… Started by dale learn bayda	2	Aug 26, 2010 Reply by diana Z9 Houston, Texas