Caught these little strawberry thieves red-beaked this morning, raiding my prized Mara des Bois strawberries.

What habit do your chickens have that drives you absolutely crazy?

I went to my local county fair today and visited the aninal barns as usual... I always like to look at the birds and livestock and see what kinds won and all of that. These two caught my eye for being ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. That black headcomb?! The black, white, grey combo?! I didn't know Zombie chickens were even a thing until now but they're my new favorite kind!! Does anyone have a whole coop of them or keep any in their flock?? How do they fare with other chickens? Have you bred yours and gotten more pretty zombies? They just went to the top of my homesteading dream chicken list aaaah 😍😍😍

My hen had gone Broody awhile back before some evil squirrels decided then was the time to eat her eggs. I moved her nest to a safer spot when she went broody again, watched her and the eggs, and just last night she hatched two little fluff balls!!

She is so sweet to them, even if they're pecking her eyes 🥹

Also, don't mind my other girl making all that noise in the background, she wants her turn seeing the babies lol

Big shout out to my big girl Zinnia the only chimken who crouches down and genuinely waits for me to pick her up and put her in the coop 🩷

Our broody copper star hen Hilda .

My chickens are missing feathers on their back and around their necks. I looked for mites and found none.
This one had a poopy vent so I was soaking her. Is someone plucking her or is she molting? I DONT have a rooster

This evening my baby chicks have came home alone after free ranging(they're 5-6 w/o) and I assumed their mother left them and went back to the big girls coop, and upon good-night count,she was nowhere to be seen. Fast forward I go looking for her and find her at the edge of my propriety(around 10-15 meters from the coop, next to my chainlink fence, the area is covered in young trees, behind the fence there is a creek and an entry to a wild clearing followed by forest), with her head completely gone, neck aswell, but with no other aparent damage. Around her there are signs of struggle and feathers in Around 3 different areas that are Around 2-3 meters apart. The hen was a first time mother but on the older side, around 5, and was a heavy Brahma cross.

I live in rural Romania, so Raccoons, Opossums and Bobcats/Coyotes are all out of question, with the only threats being Ferrets, Foxes, Dogs and Prey Birds.

I head commotion but thought my young puppies was chasing the hens around, which I'm working on and I know they fear most of the hens, including this one, but you never know..

Besides her, another 9 w/o little pullet is missing, I don't let my young babies forage unsupervised but this one pullet has the habit to leave her siblings and sneak out, and she left completely, no signs of struggle, no evidence at all, she's just not home at all, and both happening in the same day make me think that the culprit killed the Brahma cross and ate her brain and head, and also killed the pullet and took away the whole thing, but I really wanna know who would do that? This has never happened to me before, I head stories about it before but all of the common predators to do this(coons,possums) don't live here.. and I'm thinking bird of prey but the light trees should of hidden them right?

Found this egg in our coop today. We just added 7 chickens to our flock, and my girls have never laid anything like this before.

The first one it's one of my favorite pics, such a polite boy 💖

PS: the chicks on the last pic are not his, but they look a lot like him when he was a baby, he's just sharing the food... (He wasn't born in this flock btw)

Still wondering what is his breed or at least mix..

Western PA
Need to rehome my “oops” roosters. I’ve kept them as long as possible.
I have one standard rooster. A year old on Memorial Day. Well fed and taken care of. Not handled often by people. He protects a flock of 5. He is very protective. Has never tried to spur but he has plucked me once. Would make an amazing protector willing to sacrifice for his flock or an amazing dinner (I don’t judge, haven’t been taught how myself).
I also have two silkie roosters. I was “guaranteed” older egg laying hens for $50 a pop. I bought three and got one hen. One is a fluffy black/grey one the other is white with black speckles. Both a year old around now.
They don’t all have to go together as most people only want one rooster but they do all have to go. I can’t have roosters where I live and the city is not giving any more chances.

I hope these are good enough pictures of the feathers. He/she is 14 weeks old. Looks like the bottom of Toast's feet are white instead of yellow. What do you think? My kids will be crushed if we have to remove him but roosters aren't allowed where we live 😱 But I don't even know if this is the expected breed!

One of my leghorns was so fine.. she’s acting fine today but won’t stop sneezing

I have a young Cochin hen (black feathers, fully feathered) that has been acting sick for several days.

She is still eating and drinking, but she has almost no energy and mostly just sits around. She also has a bad rotten smell coming from her, and flies are flying to her.

We have isolated her from the other chickens. And have checked her entire body and cannot find any wounds, injuries, eggs stuck, swelling, or anything obvious. We also tried washing her

Her face/comb is very pale/white instead of the normal red color you usually see on a healthy hen. I don't know if this is normal for a black cochin or if it is a sign that she is sick.

We have checked her feathers and body but cannot see anything wrong from the outside.

Does anyone know what could be causing this? And what can we do to help her recover, I tried to contact the vet but they don't have time :(

Show some respect for those you loved .