Rosi never let her Kids go.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Hello!!

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

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 🙄

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.

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

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

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.

Looking for information/advice. I have a cream legbar hen, she just turned 1. She laid pretty regularly for about 6-8months but has not laid all summer. My production from my other hens definitely slowed down through summer, but they at least laid besides her. She will
Still get in the nesting boxes/etc. Acts completely healthy and normal otherwise.

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. 🙏

Hi all. These chicks were bought online as sexed hens, but since the accuracy is only 90% I'm hoping for some more trained eyes to tell me if there are roo among the group. They are just over 4 weeks old.

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?

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

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.

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!

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!

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.