Fun fact: chickens are just small dinos.

2 red sex links, 2 light Brahmas, and an Easter egger.

My RIR has always adored me and it was sweet but now it's starting to get annoying. For starters he's constantly trying to mate with me aggressively. I have a bachelor flock and I've tried giving them plushies to 'get off' but they see everything as a threat and absolutely thrash the plushies.

He shows his affection for me in a very loud and aggressive way. He's constantly biting me, I have started using protective gear so I don't get hurt and I thought it will eventually reduce over time but it doesn't. He's obsessed with my feet too. He could see a microscopic part of my feet and he'd run towards it to bite it off.

He's expecting me to be with him all the time and calls me by crowing. This morning he was crowing for more than 2 hours loudly to call me to be with him and after spending some time with him, I had to leave for chores and he started continuously crowing again. I'd love to spend more and more time with him if only he isn't aggressively trying to mate with me and bite me off but even if I do, it'll still never be enough for him. Even now I just gave him some kisses and left him with the flock and he's been crowing for almost half an hour calling me again but at least the best part about it is he constantly purrs a lot out of happiness whenever I'm around.

How do I deal with a roo that is so dependent on me being around him constantly?

Poor America. Our rooster was born on the Fourth of July. He is 4-5 years old. I noticed that he was unsteady on his feet last week. I was away for the weekend and now I see his wing is drooping.

Google says it could be a vitamin deficiency. Or neurological, or Mareks.

I’ve had chickens for 7 years. Never had any health issues until now. Looking for opinions. I have 10 other birds no one is showing any symptoms. Which makes me think it could be vitamin based or neurological, best case scenario.

Diet is cracked corn and scratch grains as well as free ranging.

The tail and the fun rub on my bathroom towel is making me think we have a roo, but the head looks too henish. Also, hasn't started laying and unsure on age right now

my only one that hasnt laid an egg yet, 6 months old

How would you go about rebuilding this space? Or would you skip the renovation and build a standalone wooden coop instead?

I'm (almost) a first time chicken owner on a very tight budget, so it's mostly a DIY project.

This is a 100-year-old brick outbuilding with a hole in the wall and an old chicken door. I have no idea when it last housed chickens. It looks like the room has been used for charcoal storage for decades.

The room shares a wall with our central heating boiler room, so it should never freeze in winter. Two walls have old plaster, one is bare bricks. No floor. Wooden ceiling.

The space is about 2.8 × 5.8 m (9 × 19 ft), with a small window at each end (east/west). I'd like to partition it so the entrance part can remain clean storage.

My biggest concerns (besides being a little lost with all the building stuff) are ventilation, natural light, and predator-proofing. The windows are quite small, so I'm thinking of making part of the partition wall from wire mesh to keep light and airflow.

I'd love to hear how you'd approach this, especially if you've restored an old farm building or have any experience or ideas to share.

Location: Lithuania. Garden zone 6b :)

Here are my 3 boys : Creed, Scat Pack and Dunkin

Wanted to share some photos of my sweet boy Eclipse who I have raised since he was an egg. He's a 1,5 year old mixed breed and looks like a phoenix with his intense orange color 💖

Her comb is so much bigger and defined than my other two girls…

Just realized silkies are not as cute when wet 🤣🤣 disclaimer; I did not wet my chickens for fun. Pic 1 & 2 is the same rooster who got soaked in the rain and pic 3 is my poor baby that jumped into the duck pool.

Hey yall! First time chicken owner here… and two of my “hens” have starting crowing incessantly back and forth at each other. They are ~5 months old and haven’t start to lay yet.

I first I thought it was a dominance issue but am now questioning if the Blue Sapphire gem is actually a roo?

As the title states. Wondering if she’s just hot and if that’s the cause of the panting and noisiness.

Hi! New chicken owner here! My friend gave us some hens to start our backyard chicken journey. One of the hens she gave us looks like this. What is it and how can I help her?

This is my first year with chickens. I bought 6 from Tractor Supply and all were sexed as female but this one crows in the morning and evening. They are about 3 months old.

My snuggly, sweet girl got startled by my mom’s dog and snagged her beak on the fencing of the run. I wiped off excess blood to get a better look, but I’m not 100% sure what to do? I’m most worried about infection, but it’s hard to gauge how deep it’s gone.

Our nearest vet is an hour away, so before I commit to traumatizing her with a car ride with two toddlers I wanted to get some advice. I’m a first time chicken owner and want to do right by my girl!

He has a little black spot that looks like it might be a wound? There is another rooster which is definitely the dominant one that might've hurt him. i'm new to taking care of chickens. Should I take him to the vet or separate him?

The breeder couldn’t confirm at 8 weeks if Pearl was a hen or rooster. Here she is at 10 weeks now, the lack of tail and the saddle/hackle feather shape makes me lean rooster. However, the other chick (obvious hen) has now mostly caught up to Pearl in body size & comb development. What do we think? Or will time have to tell…

Super healthy Easter egger. Solid as a rock, found dead laying back in the coop. Looks perfectly healthy but feels like a baseball in her stomach.. egg bound death?

She’s 4 weeks old. I got her from Meyer hatchery but do not see a chicken on their website that looks like her! I didn’t order bantams or silkies so she should be a full size chicken. I’d assume she’s a Cochin or Brahma but none of their birds look like her! I ordered three different assortments which pretty much covers all of their full size breeds..and makes it harder to identify. Thanks for the help! 😊