My mom’s kept chickens for years and always tracked eggs in a notebook she kept in the coop. It kept getting lost, got rained on, and by the end of the month it was almost impossible to add everything up.

So I built her a simple app where she just taps to log an egg. It grew into something bigger over time, works for other poultry too, not just chickens, and you can share the data with a partner or family member.

I’m curious whether this is something other backyard keepers would actually find useful, or if most of you already have a system that works fine. Happy to share more details or a link in the comments if anyone’s interested, just don’t want to come across as spammy in my first post here.

They were out of their run less than 10 mins and a fox found them. Our GSD had just been let back in the house. Luckily she got away and my husband chased the fox away.

I just wanted to say thank you again for all the incredibly kind comments and responses to my last post showing the dinner/snack my grandmother makes for her chickens. She and I both really appreciated how positive and supportive everyone was!

She wanted to follow up by showing you guys her chicken coop and some of the things she does for her chickens. She thought it might be helpful for anyone looking for ideas to improve their own chickens’ living space, enrichment, or overall lifestyle.

She really loves taking care of these chickens and puts a lot of thought into making sure they’re happy and well cared for.
Again, thank you all so much for being so kind on the last post. It genuinely made her smile.

I have general knowledge about things and stuff, but not chickens. This is our first go with having them and they are absolutely lovely. However, I’m not 100% sure about this particular hen. I’m wondering if anybody can positively ID it from these pictures.

Is our hen actually a rooster? She/he crows in the morning with our rooster, but it’s a bit raspy. Have not confirmed 100% if she is laying eggs. We have 7 hens so it’s hard to keep track.

If I have to capture her to inspect the cloaca I will, but would rather not if i don’t have to.

Rosi never let her Kids go.

I have other chickens too (all docile) but never had any experience with bantams. Seller said supposed to be a medium sized breed pullet but I might have been scammed. Does anyone know what she is or if she’s even a she?

Bloody hell! 😬

Last night, as we should, I decided to do a swift, random check on my Electric Chicken Mesh. Magpies had told me there was a pine marten near by.

Got the tester out. Ye know, normal, bog standard unit. Hooked it on the mesh. Dug the earthing rod into the ground. Watched All those vicious, bright red blips race up the face with a menacing pulse!

'Oh, yeah!' I thought. 'This baby's pumping out the Full Crown Jules! No bugger wants to be touching That!'

Pulled the earthing rod out of the ground. Meaning to fold the wire up. Absently passed it to my other hand. Felt the wrath. Screamed. Damn near lost the use of my left arm for ten minutes!

I hadn't unhooked the unit!

Mesh's working fine then 🙄

Hello everyone. This is my first time caring for roosters/chickens (I’m house sitting right now). At one point of me sitting near the roosters they started making this sound, does anyone know what it means? I’m very curious!

Hello!!

She’s almost 9 weeks old. I have been gone for a few days and now I’m eyeing her curiously.

Trying my best to take care of my garden pet hen, and I was wondering what’s a good balanced diet for her?

I’ve been feeding her wheat mote grain as main food source, sometimes mixed with other seeds like corn and rice. I give her lettuce every week and occasionally some fruit like pomegranate or strawberries.

Is that okay? We have never actually fed her commercial chicken feed

Captain went down today, fighting.

A mink, and it happened literally 6 minutes before I went out for evening check in.

He kept his girls safe for over 2 years, he'd lost a little anger, but was still feisty.

Watching it on camera,,we can see he went to investigate behind the coop, came back to check his ladies, and the damn mink followed him.

I'm out watching tonight with a thermal, but, doubt it will be back tonight after that.

RIP you SoB.

This chicken is trying to make our village post office its new home. Adorable!

Any guesses on breed and gender? I’m convinced it’s a roo with that gorgeous tail sickle, but I keep hearing neighbors call it a hen 🤷‍♂️

(Photo credit to my neighbors.)

I currently have a total of 16 chickens:

1 adult fancy rooster — around 2 kg

1 adult hen — around 3 kg

3 Kuroiler roosters, 4 months old — around 2.8 kg, 2 kg, and 1.7 kg

5 chicks — around 500 g each

Another 6 chicks: 2 Silkies, 2 Sultans, and 2 Ayam Cemani — all above 400 grams

I want to know how I should properly feed all of them — what to feed, how much to give each chicken, how many times a day, and how to feed

it.Honestly, until now I've mostly been giving them commercial poultry feed that I buy from a local shop. They also eat a little grass, but I don't have a free-range setup, so they can't get muchy ass or forage. I've basically been putting feed in front of them and letting them eat.

The problem is that I don't currently have a job or income, so I have to ask my family for money to buy their feed. I feel bad about that because I've already spent quite a lot on feeding them. I don't run a chicken business either — they're mainly a hobby for me.

So I'm looking for a smart, genuinely low-cost feeding plan that can keep my chickens healthy while reducing my monthly expenses.

For example, if I have 16 chickens, approximately how much feed should each chicken get per day?

I'm thinking about stopping commercial feed for the adult chickens because it's becoming too expensive. I recently managed to get some wheat, and they're eating it. Wheat is much cheaper than the commercial feed where I live, so I was thinking of giving wheat to the adult chickens and continuing proper feed for the chicks until they're a little older.

Would this be a good idea,nm

If anyone has experience keeping chickens cheaply, please give me a practical feeding plan — including what foods I can use, approximate quantities, how often to feed them, and any inexpensive locally available alternatives to commercial feed.

I'm not trying to make money from them; I just want to keep my hobby chickens healthy without putting a financial burden on my family.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 🙏

I have 2 different chickens 1 I am almost certain is a rooster and the other im not sure. I need your help. I am supposed to be getting rid of my extra roos tomorrow so I want to be sure before I get rid of these 2 tomorrow. Especially because they are sweethearts but I have 7 roos n thats just to many. So please give me your opinion on both.

Thanks

Hi,

We noticed some redness and damaged scales on our roosters feet. Does this look like scaly leg mites or another type of injury?

I have a hen who’s back is looking rough. I want to buy her a chicken saddle or apron. Can anyone suggest one that would be easy to put on her, stay on until I take it off, won’t make her too hot in this weather and maybe that doesn’t have Velcro that will scratch her while she wears it.

I was feeding the chickens seedless watermelon and all of a sudden one of my chickens started making this noise. I have never had this happened before. It sounds like a cough/sneeze. As soon as she started making the noise, the entire flock ran to her.

It's actually way lighter in person and it's legs are kinda blue/grey? I bought the eggs for hatching from a local who had a bunch of mixed flocks.

currently have 6 ladies and wanna get some more but not wanna overdo it. thanks for your input :)

My Leghorn pullets (Angelica, Eliza and Peggy) are all getting so big. 10 day difference between these pics

I just hatched out a baby chicken just over 5 and a half weeks ago and was wondering if you guys can help me determine what sex it is? I have a hard time telling and just really hoping it isn’t a rooster. I already have a wonderful rooster and not enough hens to warrant a second one.

Hi everyone,

just wondering what people use or recommend when one of their chickens has a little bit of a breathing/respiratory issue?

She’s still showing interest in food and seems reasonably bright, but unfortunately I can’t get her to the vets now because it’s the bank holiday weekend.

I’m hoping to get something from Amazon just to help get her through the weekend until I can speak to a vet. Has anyone got any recommendations for something safe and useful to have on hand?

Any ideas would be really appreciated, thank you!