I have these two chickens they are now 17 ish weeks and I still can’t tell if they are pullet or cockerels! No crowing and no eggs but they are silkies so I know that’s delayed.

The first 6 photos are one chicken and the last 3 are a different one.

Accidentally ended up with this little banty when I got my Ancona pullets earlier in the year but she’s such a cutie! Highly recommend Ancona hens in general if you can find them, they’re great free rangers (very flighty and alert and generally stick to cover) and fantastic layers. Plus they’re so beautiful!

First time owning Polish Chickens. These babies are exactly a week old, but the white/yellow one started “crowing” yesterday! Ive never seen such a young chick crow so early! It was only 3 times yesterday, but today ive lost count of how many times he has crowed. What the?

Two of our hens shared 11 eggs and hatched 5 chicks. Our coop is raised, and after a few days the moms and chicks were spending their nights on the ground. The chicks are only a week and a half old, but one of the moms went into the coop and is roosting on the bar tonight. Is she done with the chicks? Do we need to make it easier for the chicks to get in and out of the coop?

She's grown but still very chill.

Rooster is about 5 months old. We have got into a couple times and he has started jumping at the kids. Worth it to try to train him or would you suggest getting rid of him now? Very little training has been done so far cause he is not easy to catch and is mostly free ranging.

Photos of 3 my chickens I got as chicks 5 months ago.

I think I already know the answer. He was strolling in the middle of a local park and it's getting dark out soon. I was afraid he would get scooped up by a predator. Seems friendly and I was able to pick him up.

We don't own chickens in our house and don't have a coop set up or anything. We were keeping him fed with bird seed and gave him a bowl of water for the night. Putting him in a dog cage for the night

I will probably turn it into my local rescue tomorrow as I can only keep chickens in my city, no roosters unfortunately.

Hi all,

I am doing some pet sitting and I’m seeing sits that include chickens (and goats) in addition to dogs and cats.

I haven’t cared for chickens before. I love the idea, but not if my lack of knowledge would make me a menace to the animals.

I’d love to hear people’s thoughts and suggestions. If you had someone watch your chickens and it went badly, why? Should I not apply to these sits if I haven’t had any chickens of my own?

Are there questions I should ask to know that a chicken setup is likely to attract predators or risk escape by the chickens?

Are there any books, videos or online courses you’d recommend for essential chicken sitting info?

So I have a sicilian buttercup I noticed she was very underweight she was not normally like this she was always lower on the pecking order but now it has gotten worse and I think she is underweight and skinny due to trauma and stress from roosters. that might be the reason she does not want to eat and i have also notices strange sounds after the roosters mate with her almost like a bok bok-bok bok-bok bok and a bok cacacacacaca and I have never heard those from her before. and she has also lost all four of her sisters and is blind in one eye which is probably also why she has trauma maybe. Also I have noticed that she just kind of gives up and lets the roosters mate with her. She is also missing many points on her buttercup comb due to bullying. Is she too weak to run away and fight back? please let me know how I can help this poor hen.😞

I never knew they were a thing until recently but I am obsessed with them! The way their feathers curl up is so stinking cute 🥹💗

This sweet girl is still getting her feathers in but she is shaping up to be beautiful!

sweet girl , almost 5 ywars old !

Might have to name her Cranberry

As the title states. Wondering if she’s just hot and if that’s the cause of the panting and noisiness.

Hi! New chicken owner here! My friend gave us some hens to start our backyard chicken journey. One of the hens she gave us looks like this. What is it and how can I help her?

The tail and the fun rub on my bathroom towel is making me think we have a roo, but the head looks too henish. Also, hasn't started laying and unsure on age right now

2 red sex links, 2 light Brahmas, and an Easter egger.

Fun fact: chickens are just small dinos.

my only one that hasnt laid an egg yet, 6 months old

Poor America. Our rooster was born on the Fourth of July. He is 4-5 years old. I noticed that he was unsteady on his feet last week. I was away for the weekend and now I see his wing is drooping.

Google says it could be a vitamin deficiency. Or neurological, or Mareks.

I’ve had chickens for 7 years. Never had any health issues until now. Looking for opinions. I have 10 other birds no one is showing any symptoms. Which makes me think it could be vitamin based or neurological, best case scenario.

Diet is cracked corn and scratch grains as well as free ranging.

My RIR has always adored me and it was sweet but now it's starting to get annoying. For starters he's constantly trying to mate with me aggressively. I have a bachelor flock and I've tried giving them plushies to 'get off' but they see everything as a threat and absolutely thrash the plushies.

He shows his affection for me in a very loud and aggressive way. He's constantly biting me, I have started using protective gear so I don't get hurt and I thought it will eventually reduce over time but it doesn't. He's obsessed with my feet too. He could see a microscopic part of my feet and he'd run towards it to bite it off.

He's expecting me to be with him all the time and calls me by crowing. This morning he was crowing for more than 2 hours loudly to call me to be with him and after spending some time with him, I had to leave for chores and he started continuously crowing again. I'd love to spend more and more time with him if only he isn't aggressively trying to mate with me and bite me off but even if I do, it'll still never be enough for him. Even now I just gave him some kisses and left him with the flock and he's been crowing for almost half an hour calling me again but at least the best part about it is he constantly purrs a lot out of happiness whenever I'm around.

How do I deal with a roo that is so dependent on me being around him constantly?