Marto passed away yesterday and I’m devastated.

Our first and only rooster. We took in Marto and his flock last year when he was just a chick. We originally named him “Marta” before we realized he was a rooster, then he became Marto. He wasn’t the most confident guy, but he was always good to his girls and our ducks.

When he was new, Marto was very unpopular. Our chickens didn’t let him eat, so I’d sneak him some extra food away from everyone else. He knew the drill and it became “our thing”. We bonded quickly and he became my favorite of the new birds.

Marto really only crowed in the mornings and to complain when we were late to feed everyone. We love his “crow song” and mimick it regularly in our house. Only recently he started crowing at us on a high surface. I’m so glad I took videos of how ridiculous it looked.. because this morning was disturbingly quiet.

I miss you buddy. I hope you heard my goodbye. Thank you for protecting your girls, I’ll keep them safe for you ❤️

The new pullets this year have begun egg pecking... Oyster shells in multiple coop locations ✔️ increased protein snacks ✔️ decoy eggs... Well, I'm going to use free option before I buy some eggs or golf balls..

Anyone have luck with Easter eggs?

I’ve got a flock of 11 hens. I can tell they are so much happier when I let them free roam outside their run. I would love to free roam them full time during the day but we have turkey vultures, hawks, raccoons, coyotes, and some barn cats. Should I get them a rooster or are there other options?

Total newbie here. I live on a huge chunk of farmland, never had a chicken before, have been doing research for a long time though. I named him/her “Fingers”… don’t judge😂 I plan on naming all my chickens different ways to prepare chicken/eggs.

Anyone have any tips or tricksh you wish you knew when you started out?

Affected foot is blue due to antibiptic spray. No sign of staff infection, but clearly is a little swollen and causing her discomfort. No signs of external injury or abrasions.

Anyone with experience- is it time for vet? It's been like this for a few days.

Photos of unaffected foot for comparison. Sorry for the terrible lighting, it's the best I can manage at the moment

Howdy y’all. I am house sitting for my friends parents and they have chickens. Two of the hens are very broody. They had told me to just push them off the eggs. From what i have read a broody chicken doesn’t eat or drink as much so it is better to push them off. One of them i pushed off gently with the feed scoop, but the other one seems to panic and scream when i try to do the same to her. I want to make sure I’m doing this right, I don’t want her to not eat and drink too much, but i also don’t want to stress her out. Whats the best decision? Should I just push her off even when she screams or let her sit. I would ask they owns but they are off on a honeymoon and don’t have signal. Any advice would be appreciated.

One of my chickens (we're not sure who, we have it narrowed down to two, but those two are sisters who always lay in the same box and don't like to be apart) is routinely laying eggs like this. It has been like this for a while, and neither of them seem sick, but I just wanted to check if this is something to worry about?

I'll also attach a photo of the two chickens that could be laying the eggs, for chicken tax :) the buff orpington is Pete, the white one who we have no idea what she is, as she was SUPPOSED to be a buff orpington as well, is Francine. And, of course, the one photo bombing Pete's photo is Asmodeus.

My chicken has a wry neck, Its not a very bad one she can walk, eat, drink etc. But her head is tilted to the side. And this happend over night, Yesterday nothing seemed wrong. I have this vitamin E and Selenium solution (Seen on the picture) but idk how much I should give her since a too high dose can be bad. I read it can also be caused by a infection or something but she is very fit like she behaves normally. Or toxins but idk what it could be then.. I did spray with glue yesterday because we have a blood mite problem and i wanted to stick the mites with the glue.. It does damp. She is the only one who has this neck atm. What can I do?

My chicken has this very sudden growth, it wasn’t there just a couple days ago. Does anyone know what this is/ how to treat it? If she needs to go to the vet then I will take her but if anyone knows of anything I can do at home to prevent putting her through the stress of going to the vets office please let me know ☺️

This is my first time adding new chickens. As much as I’ve read about the process, now that I’m actually doing it I’m not super confident so any tips are appreciated! I have 3 hens about 5 months old. My 3 new chickens are about 3 months old, and have been in a dog crate inside the fully enclosed run for a little over 2 weeks. Today I let the little ones out to roam in the run with the big girls for the evening and I supervised them while they started hashing things out. As it got dark my hens didn’t head into the coop, which they always do. The automatic coop door closed and everyone was in the run finding spots to roost. My plan was to sneak the new chickens into the coop in the middle of the night tonight so I decided to place the older hens in the coop and close the door. Currently the old girls are sleeping in the coop while the new ones are roosted in the run. Here’s where my questions come in:

1. Do I put the new birds in the coop tonight? I feel like most people do it that way, but there were a few conflicting opinions on it that I saw. And if I do, does it matter what time? Nothing I saw specified, it just said “at night”.
2. Why are the older ones not putting themselves to bed? Are they just trying to keep an eye on the new ones?

Is that normal?

1. It turns out one of the new birds is a rooster, which ultimately I can’t keep. I figured I’d hang on to him a bit longer to hopefully help the other two integrate with everyone else. It does seem like he’s helping, he’s sticking up for his girls. Once the new pecking order is established and I have to take him away, will they have to start all over? Is it better to part with him sooner or later?

THANK YOU and I appreciate any advice you have!

We have a flock of 14 docile hens and 2 roosters. A family member is hoping to give us their flock of guinea fowl, which consists of 14 male Guinea fowl and 2 Guinea fowl hens. They say the Guinea fowl roosters won’t both our chicken hens, but that sounds like a lot of male birds to us. We know very little about Guinea fowl though. Could 14 male Guinea fowl be fine with our flock, or will they harass our hens? TIA for any thoughts or experiences you might have to share!

This is Gayle the rooster. The thing follows me around outside like a small dog, and apparently keeps an eye on us even when we aren't outside. Gayle is a damn fine rooster.

Seeking recommendations for a good vent fan to keep my coop cool during the summer months. Something battery/solar. Want to mount on the top side of the a-frame about 10-12h/w