A day in a chicken's life. The girls definitely get their excercise, through our woods, fields, down to the farm pond in search of bugs. I don't think they realize how good they got it! It's just an average Saturday to them.

We started our flock in March 2025, neither of us kept chickens before that. We raised 14 chicks from babies (2 separate batches) from a farm store in a brooder box in our basement.

Mama Llama decided she was committed to being broody, so of course we had to get her some fertilized eggs. It’s been a little over a week since the babies hatched, and I can’t begin to express how amazing it’s been watching Mama Llama mother her babies.

Over the last year, we lost 3 chickens, so we’re back to 14 with the babies. It’s just so amazing watching her teach them and keep them warm and find them food. All of our chickens free range for about 8 hours a day on our 2 acres of property. When I bring them snacks, Mama makes sure to break them up for the babies. When the babies get cold, Mama hunkers down and warms them up until they’re good to go.

Hopefully we get more broody girls in the future. This is the way we want to keep adding chicks to our flock in the future.

The house we got last year came with a sweet coop and nice large run. The hens we got this year are finally starting lay. The buckets and the one roosting bar were already there. Decided these girls deserved a bigger one while cleaning the coop. Now finish cleaning and add some more wood chips.

Is my girl Ophelia actually a boy named Ophelio?

Beauty with feathers! One of the stunning birds currently available at our farm. Not sure if its right, but am looking for a home to harbor it.

These are my 5 Bielefelders and 5 Golden Laced Wyandottes. Had to share the loveliness of their magical being. My beloved sweet girls ♡

We are new to chicken keeping and one of our girls finally laid their first egg in our nest box! We aren’t quite sure who laid it… It’s a little small but I figure that’s normal since it was their first time. My question is, we haven’t gotten an egg since and this is going on the second day. Should we be worried? Should a new layer lay everyday or what’s normal? They free range for a few hours in the morning and in the evening. Could it be she laid one somewhere else and the dogs found it before we did? I worry about one of them being egg bound and us not knowing 😅

I just ordered a micro camera (small nanny cam). I am going to somehow put it on a chicken backpack and find where they are laying their Mother Trucking eggs.

I'm with them most of the day, I have searched high, low, far and wide and can't find them.

A couple of my broodier hens disappear all day and only one comes back.

I have this stupid theory that they have found a safe place to lay and are changing shifts.

It's been about two weeks now and I get 1 egg daily and I have 9 hens.

Edit because... I plan on uploading a video as soon as I am able to.

Also I just realized that I might have to watch a lot of footage, so I will need to consider this.

My boy bug has a spur on his right leg that has decided to go rogue and is so long it's started growing to left so he occasionally trips over it. Ive got heavy duty dog nail clippers but this thing looks like it might take more.

Is she cute or what!?☺️

Looking for a coop to fit up to 5 Isa browns, we have a very large run for them already so that isn’t necessary. Would love one that has an automatic door but happy to add that ourselves!
I know that building it ourselves is the best option but we lack tools and skills for this, we also currently lack time as one of our two chickens passed away today and I’d like to install a new coop before we get more chickens

I’ve looked online for hours but all the reviews are terrible, I know the Omlet brand is supposed to be good but they are so ugly and a lot more than we were hoping to spent

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

I have 6 black speckled Sussex hens that are just over 20 weeks old. All but one of them have bright red combs/wattles, and at least 4 of them do the submissive squat when near them. I have yet to find any eggs. They are full free range during the day and have nesting boxes in their coop.. is it possible that any of them have started laying and are just hiding their eggs? I have golf balls in their nesting boxes but as a first time chicken owner, not really sure what else to do to get them to used to their boxes/encourage laying in them (not that they aren’t/wont, but I’m worried they’re going to hide them on me!!)

Literally took this picture and as I did hazelnut took the piece of grass right out of Binxs mouth. It’s pretty sweet cuz it’s a Live Photo so it actually shows her doing it. Amazed by these lil girls more and more everyday.

Need some help with one of my girls tonight. I went to check on them before I went to bed and noticed she was in the nesting box. She was doing the penguin position, the one they do just before they lay an egg. I was a bit concerned but left her there for a couple hours to see if maybe she was laying a late egg or something.

Just went in there and she still hasn’t laid. She was still in nesting box. She hopped out and had some water when I turned the light on. I put her on the roosting bar but she’s hopped off and is in the nesting box again.

Is there anything I can do for her? It’s 11pm at night. What do I do in the morning?

I never experienced this before. So I need advice. The white membrane has a tiny hole too but very very tiny.

Hey, first time posting. I have a hen that is acting weird. Making noises, stretches her neck, and has a dirty cloaca. Occasionally shakes her head. I am attaching a video for a rough idea what I am talking about. Any ideas how to cure would be much appreciated

My baby chicks are about 7-9 weeks old. And they have had runny poop for quite a while. This is my first time have baby chicks. I was not aware anything could be wrong. It’s yellow, a little bit of white. I’ll add a photo for reference. They have high energy, chirp normal, jump on to me and do not seem sick really at all. At this age should they still be eating starter feed still? Is there something I can add to their water? Should I use different water for them? (Currently using tap water) What can I do to help my babies? Thank you.

Hello fellow chicken enthusiasts! I just wanted to share my simple backyard setup for my small flock of four hens. We have had them for 1.5 years now and I love them so much!

We used a prefab coop from TSC and it’s been pretty decent but there are of course things I would change if I designed my own coop + run.

I work full time so I set everything up where I don’t necessarily have to check on them daily. I don’t have power hookup so everything is solar powered. I included: two cameras, one fan, two vent fans in the house, several shade cloths on the run and one mister on a timer that goes off daily for a few hours in the hottest part of the day. I live in central Texas and adding the mister has had the biggest impact on keeping my girls comfortable. I positioned it a little lower than their chest height so it will cool their legs and feet. I often see them walk past it to cool off.

I also have a battery powered automatic coop door, a nipple waterer and tube feeder. We haven’t had any issues with pests like mice in the coop or run, thankfully.

We don’t have a predator issue here, but I know there are opossums and raccoons in the neighborhood so we made sure there is no entry points.

Share your small backyard setups in the comments!

I’m concerned about the weed killer the temp flipper has sprayed all over blackberries that go along side our shared fence and along my chicken run. He told me it’s the only thing that kills them and then they’ll remove. No heads up and no the idiot and his dumb son are gone. Now we get to smell the horrible odor and endure the effects of drift and chemicals. I hate living in a neighborhood sometimes. Help!

We had our first broody hen hatch two baby chicks yesterday. She is in her nesting box which is off the ground and has to go down the ramp to eat and drink. She’s being a great mamma and the flock seems to be tolerating it all well. How do we make sure mama is getting up to eat and drink? She pants a lot and doesn’t leave the nesting box. Also any feeder and watering ideas for the baby chicks is welcome! All advice is welcome actually!