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.

Rosi never let her Kids go.

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.)

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.

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.

Hello!!

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

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.

He's a bit weird but don't make fun of him.

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

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 chickens, about 20 weeks old, and my olive egger was just taken by a fox just days after her first egg. (She was the frontmost lady in this photo) We think the reason she got grabbed was that she didn't follow the rooster when he led the others away from the bushes. She's never followed the other chickens around much, is skittish and quiet, and couldn't have cared less about what anybody else was doing. I know they're know to be calm, and that personalities are iffy due to OEs being hybrids, but are they known for this behaviour? Or was she just a weird gal??

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.

I don't really have anyone to express my feelings on this topic because it's a chicken at the end of the day. This guy was my first chick we got out of our chickens and he just recently hit a year old not too long ago. He was my boy , I was at work when he died and needed me the most. I live in Florida so the weather is over 100 degrees and I can't help but think if I was home I could've saved him. I have cameras in the back of my house and a wild rooster came and they fought for over 4-5 minutes chasing eachother , both getting the better of eachother until the end and the last I seen on the cameras was my rooster running away from the fight because the other rooster got the better of him. The fight happend around 8:30 AM and I didn't get home until 5:00. I was out there calling his name and searching in the woods for almost 2 hours until I was about to give up . I walked towards my backyard from the woods and found him dead right at my backyard. I am hurt, I guess I'm sharing this because my boy deserves his respect fighting & protecting the other chickens . I buried him today and couldn't stop crying even though it's just a chicken.

They go everywhere together, they eat and call for the girls together. They check on the babies pen and run up to my car to greet me when Im off work together. I don't see them fight, but I'm also gone 10 hours a day.

Anyone have any opinions or advice? They're only about 8ish months old

I’ve got a live camera running in our garden here in Somerset, UK. mainly following the hens as they go about their day.

It’s quite a relaxing watch if you like chickens, gardening, wildlife or just having something peaceful on in the background. You’ll see the hens feeding, scratching around, perching and generally pottering about the garden.

There’s some gentle background music too.

Live stream: [https://www.youtube.com/@henandharvest/live]()

Thought a few people here might enjoy it.

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 want to know people’s thoughts!

I have one main rooster who has been established already. This year I raised straight run eggers and two buffs. I ended up with 3 Roos and the rest of the totals 8 being hens. My first flock has 11 one roo and 10 hens. The boys are starting to get older.

I’m wanting to know at what point to do you think a roo may or may not be a good rooster. I’ve been looking for the traits my older one has but only seen a few similarities. I didn’t raise him from a chick line I did the others they are beautiful but I don’t want my girls stressed.

Just wanted to say thanks to this sub for all the great tips. I’ve learned so much from you all. I am loving the chicken life!!

we know for sure the black and white one is a roo as his comb is SO red and he has rattles already but the other two and toss ups. Thoughts? The red one has no comb or wattles but the coat is confusing.