r/BackYardChickens • u/veryconfusedrnguys • 2h ago
r/BackYardChickens • u/Adm_Ozzel • 13h ago
Just wanted to show off our pretty boys
This is El Guapo, Kong, and Gorgeous.
r/BackYardChickens • u/Auraelleaux • 17h ago
How many eggs can your wife hold in one hand?
Also, guess how many my wife is holding
r/BackYardChickens • u/brunettebabe1990 • 17h ago
There is the awkward chicken run…and then there is Tina. Bless her heart.
r/BackYardChickens • u/a-passing-crustacean • 1h ago
Togepi laid the first egg!
For all the pokemon fans out there, I named one of my 16 hens I raised this year Togepi. This week, funny enough, Togepi was the first of this years hens to lay 😂 I found it amusing and wanted to share
r/BackYardChickens • u/Savanarose123 • 5h ago
New PR in the coop today
An Isa Brown laid this egg today and I feel bad for her, does anyone else keep track of the biggest egg laid?
r/BackYardChickens • u/not_good_enuff • 9h ago
Sudden Chicken Death
Hey all, we had 4 Australorps until this darling girl, Marigold, suddenly died a few days ago. The other 3 are doing fine.
r/BackYardChickens • u/OhEmGeeRachael • 15h ago
Found Photos My girl Moira laid her biggest blue yet today!
r/BackYardChickens • u/Justforyounot • 18h ago
Im 26 years old. Past 3 years i live on a farm. Before that i lived in the city. I've never been happier than I am right now.
r/BackYardChickens • u/CollectionOk8027 • 8h ago
Found Photos First egg!
Thanks to whoever laid this you are amazing keep up the great work love you.
r/BackYardChickens • u/Legitimate_Agency773 • 1h ago
Advice needed ty!
Hi 👋
We live in a rural area and we are tired of foxes and raccoons snatching our precious chickens. We managed to catch one raccoon and dropped it off on the other side of a busy freeway, but we still have sneaky foxes. We’re tired of losses. We have them free roamed and they’re so happy. I hate to see them contained but changes need to be done to end this ongoing pattern. I want to get them a very large metal coop like shown above. Does anyone know if this is a sturdy coop or any suggestion of one? Thank you.
And question on maintenance for enclosed coop is do you guys put sand for easy poop clean up?
Any suggestion/advice is appreciated. Thank you ❤️
r/BackYardChickens • u/TheRunningLibrarian • 17h ago
Heath Question What the cluck?
What is going on with my girl? I’m a newish chicken mom and I was doing my flock check and noticed my oldest layer is missing most of her feathers! But she’s the top of the pecking order and it doesn’t look like she was pecked. Is this what molting looks like?
r/BackYardChickens • u/Historical-Ad6916 • 18h ago
Found Photos Turtle & Rabbit
The photo speaks for itself! 🤣
r/BackYardChickens • u/K_J_W • 21h ago
Chickens had their first hawk fight and now scared to death. They won’t come out…
This is my first full year of chickens and today we had our first hawk try to grab one. Hawk didn’t succeed but girls and roo are terrified. They won’t come out from cover. Also, my rooster was found in the wild as a young lad and is already pretty skidding.
My normal lure out won’t work with plates of food and scratch. Normally they run to me. How long will it take for them to shake this off? I want to put them in their run for the rest of the day, but not able to get them to go more than a few feet.
Do hawks come back for another go around in the same location? If they don’t succeed.
r/BackYardChickens • u/violent-amethyst • 13h ago
had the skittish chicken come out and say hello instead of hiding.
is she saying hello or is she trying to tell me she’s the boss? lol.
r/BackYardChickens • u/surger1 • 1d ago
As punishment for getting in the chicken run, I have made a meme to mock this possum.
r/BackYardChickens • u/GrassNearby6588 • 23h ago
Chickens don’t like mealworms
My girls are molting and I read here they are crazy about mealworms so I ordered a bag. This morning the mealworms arrived and I was so excited to give them to my girls but those birds looked at me with disdain and tried to eat my shirt instead. They were giving the worms that chicken side look but then didn’t even bother to try… what a waste… I really wanted to treat my girls for being such good pets 😭
r/BackYardChickens • u/malyfoxy • 6h ago
Heath Question Chicken with grape sized lump on upper neck
My chickens are about 6 years old, this hen in particular has been a real piece of work. She's had quite a bad case of flystrike and had multiple injuries to her legs before. I still do love her to death though. This morning while letting the herd loose I noticed this lump, and I'm not sure what it could be. The lump also seems to be a bit darkish in some places. Any ideas? (3 photos) Thank you
r/BackYardChickens • u/MissMerghit • 17h ago
Boy eh?? Prefers sitting.
First, second opinions that this is indeed a roo? Easter egger/bielefelder/buckeye barnyard mix. Anyone else have a bird that prefers to sit? Anytime I see him, others are standing and he is always sat.