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Well, one of my Sicilian Buttercup pullets hopped up on my shoulder a few minutes ago, she cocked her head at me, and BAM!!! SHE ATE THE SAPPHIRE STUD OFF MY NOSE PIERCING 😯😲😱🤯 I've got her in a cage.....and now I'm collecting her poop 🤔 So! It's the top part of an internally threaded barbell...

These guys were rescued from my neglectful neighbors flock, there are seven chicks, mixed heritage with some Silky in there. Good temperaments, hardy, and small! Probable roosters in this batch, please be certain you can have chickens where you live before responding!!! One chick has a super...

We moved with our small flock of 7 hens and a rooster, to an old friend of mines place last fall, sight unseen. I trusted things would be, more or less, how they were the last time I was here. A small flock of beloved hens, placidly pecking about. Cared for, loved, healthy... Well, when we...

After their biological mother heartlessly abandoned them, these 3 chicks were saved by my son from certain death. All three of them are now thriving, I'm happy to say, and ready for a new home! One looks part Silky, the other two are just plain pretty. Please send me a message if you're...

Help! My poor Go-Go Noodlehead (Easter Egger), she's been looking this way for awhile. Now her sister Helen (also an Easter Egger), is starting to show similar feather loss. I thought it might be from one of the lead ladies bullying them, but I'm not sure.. There is a hen lower than Helen, and...

Today a while visiting a friend, one of her hens appeared with three brand new babies, so cute! Then we noticed one wasn't doing so well. The tiniest chick was laying down a lot, and the hen kept stepping on it as though she meant to. (Cull the weak?) Well, of COURSE I had to scoop it up, dash...

I've hand-raised my nearly 1-year old SLW roo from a tiny chick, and when I scoop him up? He's downright snuggly! I love this guy! Mostly. He's an excellent flock leader too! Takes fantastic care of his hens. ♥️ However, he will randomly get all "roostery" and decide to fly at my leg and peck...

"Xena the Warrior Chicken" warming her tootsies on my partner's nice, warm head. Being a well-mannered chicken, she's also saying "hello!" on a cold morning...😁 (She's my only New Hampshire Red, in the beginning she "failed to thrive" and is now my best layer!♥️) Who else has funny pictures of...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -When I was 2 years old, my mother brought home some retired egg-factory chickens. They were so happy to be out of that place, I could do anything with them! (2) How many chickens do you have right now? -Honest answer? Our...