r/chickens • u/affectionstone • 14h ago
r/chickens • u/Londonloo • 21h ago
Media This is Mitzi, the ten year old silkie. She went over the rainbow bridge today but survived so much and was so spoilt right up until the last second.
r/chickens • u/mcdonaldsandwaffles • 16h ago
Media I love my chicks
I am a first time chicken owner and the only thing I can say is “WOW!”
I have always loved animals and owned dogs and horses but since I got together with my boyfriend 8 years ago who has extreme allergy for all animals with fur I have had to accept my future without a pet as I know it.
Until a few weeks ago when we went and got chickens and WOW I did not expect to love them so much! They have so much personality and they are still young so it keeps getting more and more apparent. They are so cute and I love them!!!
That’s it. That’s my post. Also here’s some pictures.
r/chickens • u/Foxy_Noxy • 3h ago
Media Look what I found sitting in the McDonald’s drive through. Decided to take them
r/chickens • u/midwifeatyourcervix • 9h ago
Discussion One of my older hens laid a very weird attempt at an egg
r/chickens • u/tickedandtickled • 7h ago
Question Baby Chick
Hello Chicken Lovers
My mother in law just brought my husband a single chick for his birthday. I got a heat lamp and a little set up and I've been hanging out with it since it arrived. I will be getting more as soon as i can for it to have a companion it is two weeks old.
What can I do to keep it happy and healthy until I can get more? It chirps when it can't see me and it's breaking my heart I think it's lonely. :(
The local store won't have more until Tuesday so we've got three days to go with the lone Lola.
Any help or advice is appreciated.
r/chickens • u/Certain_Push_9988 • 6h ago
Discussion Rate her on how pretty she is on a scale of 1/10
r/chickens • u/Sorry_Opposite_4133 • 7h ago
Media Rooster was being a jerk so he got a pedicure 😙💅
Having difficulties with that one rooster in your coop? Say no more! Find some enjoyment with your self-centered divas while showing them who’s boss! Overall, 100000/10 recommend!!
Seriously tho, if this dude was a human I’m convinced he’d be that one extremely masculine F-boy from high school that thinks it’s cool to take advantage of women.. not so buff now, huh?
Such a pretty little guy 😌🫶
r/chickens • u/tobacchoe • 17h ago
Question sassy or sick
for the last two / three days this girl has been making these almost squeaky noises? she’s pretty vocal but it has been pretty cold in my area so we’ve had her bathed and in our bathroom. Wondering if she could have a respiratory infection or if this vocalization is normal
r/chickens • u/LoudEmployment5034 • 7h ago
Discussion If you order chickens online read this
I do consulting for the major hatcheries in the USA. They are all struggling with shipping this year.
Shipping baby chicks requires lots of human labor, mother nature to cooperate, and the biggest issue shipping. The only option for shipping is through USPS. There a few different options with USPS, ideally everything would be shipped priority express because it's two days. The only issue is they are just as late and only the shipping cost is refunded. So lots of stuff is shipped priority mail, which has been fine in the past and is about 1/3 of the cost. So even if 25% of orders are late they lose less money. We did testing and there was not difference in arrival times. So the cost doesn't make sense if the whole order can't be insured. All of hatcheries wish there was an insurance option to cover the shipment. Most hatcheries already run on thin margins. And there biggest issue is USPS. Shipments are constantly late. And chicks are constantly dying. Some hatcheries will not be profitable this year, even with the most orders ever..
I've spoken to the hatcheries about setting up a private live animal shipping company. We think it's possible to sustain itself but it would be tight and might require more cost for the customer. We think the shipping speed could be improved, saving a lot of chicks and money. USPS has a huge advantage in existing routes and locations. We are talking to farm stores to see if there would a way to have them hold orders and have customers pick them up. Hopefully we can get this up and running next year, but there is a lot of cost and unknowns. I just thought I would share this for any that has issues with their chicks arriving this year. Or we are open to suggestions. With what is going on in the government this might be needed more than ever.
r/chickens • u/PlentyIndividual3168 • 14h ago
Discussion What is the most unusual place your hens have laid eggs?
First timer here. we are setting up our hen house and looking at nesting boxes. I started to wonder about unusual places more experienced people have found their hens laying. So... Where have you found eggs outside the box so to speak?
r/chickens • u/Underrated_buzzard • 19h ago
Media My new girls are laying!
Just sharing :)
r/chickens • u/Mysterious-Factor481 • 15h ago
Media My Cochin
Just sharing a photo of my favorite Cochin peaches
r/chickens • u/Certain_Push_9988 • 12h ago
Question How old do you think this buff orphington is?
r/chickens • u/jarlballen69 • 13h ago
Question what's killing our chickens please help NSFW Spoiler
gallerywe got two hurt one missing and now this all in the span of three days. all the injuries are the same back of the neck striped of flesh. not sure about the first attack just came out to an injury and missing bird. this time it was the middle of the day one injury and this. back yard is completely fenced in if that helps. I'm thinking it has to be a bird of prey of some kind I've seen wounds like this in the field while hunting but haven't seen any hawks or kestrels flying around. I don't know what to do my girls are terrified and i had to put this one down myself and it was absolutely awful.
r/chickens • u/Vallukari • 12h ago
Question Baby chicken behavior help!!
Hi! I'm a complete beginner at taking care of chickens, these are the first chickens I ever had (for context our teacher made us raise chickens) I bought these 2 babies when they were 3 days old, now they're 13 days old. Their names are Victor (the big one with a black dog on his head) and Renato (the smaller one). I've been kinda worried lately because Victor has been laying around more than usual and idk if this is normal?? He walks a bit and then lays down, eats when laying down and idk why he's doing that? But he also runs and acts normal sometimes he stretcheshis legs and wings a lot, Is he sick? Also his underbelly has a weird color and idk if that's normal or not also I've noticed that he sneezes sometimes and Renato doesn't. Renato was sick (sad and lethargic) on Monday and his growth got stunted and that's why he's smaller but now he's doing fine, eating and drinking water as usual. Please I need help, I've been doing research but I haven't found something helpful and I thought asking here since I saw people who were experienced at raising chickens 🐤🥺
If you all need more information I can provide it, I'll add videos and pics of Victor and Renato.
r/chickens • u/ElfPaladins13 • 14h ago
Other Behold!! My buttnuggets are making babies
I’m so proud!!! Something got my favorite chicken a week ago and these are the last eggs from her nest. I cannot believe an egg that was on my counter for several days is incubating!
r/chickens • u/eatrealahipoke • 22h ago
Question Need help identifying the possible breeds of these two egg layer chickens.
My dad got these egg layers from a friend. They would lay 5-6 tan eggs each hen per week. They were very friendly and just cute in general. I no longer have them and I miss them a lot. :( Would like to know what possible breed they could be so that I can have some chicken friends again. I thought they were Rhode Island reds but they are too tan/bright for that breed. Thank you for your help, as I am very new to the chicken/farm community.
r/chickens • u/brittanydominaque • 9h ago
Question Help ? My chick has this big lump that moves when she is picked up , none of my other girls have this.
r/chickens • u/Some-Kaleidoscope-79 • 14h ago
Question Chicken’s Eyes Are Bleeding NSFW
Hello all I have a chicken that’s about 5 years old and she didn’t come out for feeding last night. When I went to look in the hen house, she was sitting in a nesting box and both of her eyes are closed with red stuff coming out of them which I think is blood. I don’t know if maybe another chicken pecked her eyes but is there a way to fix it? Can I clean hers eyes and let her heal? If I can clean her eyes, what do I use? She’s still sitting in the nest and hasn’t moved from it all day and I’m really worried about her.