r/chickens

Had this little cutie hatch a day early, it’s starting to get pretty rambunctious in there and really knock the other eggs around and peck at them. I’m definitely not getting it out just yet as it’s only been about 12 hours but wondering how long people generally leave chicks in there? Hatch date was supposed to be tomorrow, so hopefully everyone else will start to pip tomorrow.

Was taking pictures of my flowers and the polinators on them but also snapped these 2 (my paing naked neck frizzle named confetti (not sure if its a roo or he yet) and oreo mottled silky hen)

I was pretty fascinated at the progression of the feathering. A few weeks back I posted from another account asking what she might be, a few said some type of frizzle and you were right!

Letting the babies navigate to their run.

Last friday my chicken suffered an internal egg rupture while I was away. The next day she got a bath from a family member which helped remove the crushed egg ( I found it near her roosting spot) and when I saw her on Sunday she was in a bad condition and not eating or drinking. I gave her 2 very small doses a day of augmentin (antibiotic), and an epsom bath which didn’t remove anything, yet she looked much better, and was eating, drinking, walking, and roosting. I could feel a lump on her bottom, around the small intestine area near the vent which I assume is an egg that won’t come out because she was in shock. When I went to feed her this morning, she was at her laying spot bobbing her head and would not eat her medicine. When she walked she was kind of wobbly. Does anyone know what is happening to my chicken, and if there is any way to treat what she has or even save her????

I just wanted everyone to see my little man. I'm very proud of him. I'm sure some people will say I should have put him down but he still had so much spunk. It seems to have worked out and he's now very special to me.

Chickens were attacked last night, lost 2 out of the 4. It was around dusk and we believe it was an owl because we found an owl feather mixed in with theirs.

One of my surviving chickens is doing this - I see no wounds, what’s happening to her?

Just want to show off my buds

I have a 2-month-old chick weighing just around 0.5 kg, and for the last 10 days, he has been crowing every single morning while inside the coop. I've never seen anything like this before!

What's crazier is that I have 5-month-old roosters in the same flock who haven't even started crowing yet, but this little guy is already at it.

Is this early crowing normal? What does it actually mean, and why is he doing this so much earlier than the older roosters? Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

This goofy hen decided to brood in my raised garden bed. She was on five eggs and a bunch of cherry tomatoes. Today four of the eggs hatched, and thankfully she seems to have given up on hatching the tomatoes. 😆

Sorry in advance for the bad pictures 😒

This chicken is about 4 months old. It was sold to me as a black sex link pullet. The other 2 that came with it look NOTHING like this one. They both have red/copper feathers on their chest and neck. Does anyone know this breed? And of course the age old question is it a hen or a rooster?

I definitely thought it was a hen for a while but then I got confused because it's neck feathers (idk the right terminology) started to get pointy, and idk exactly what to look for with the saddle feathers.

Cute ☺️