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Cluck yeah, I'm the proud leader of six feathered weirdos
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Cluck yeah, I'm the proud leader of six feathered weirdos

Welcome to my chickie coven, where feathered friends reign supreme!
Darkest Egg Yet? Day 26 and My Classroom Flock Is Down to Three
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Darkest Egg Yet? Day 26 and My Classroom Flock Is Down to Three

Oh, the egg-citement and anxiety of hatching day!
My Chicken's Face Scratching Has Me Blinking with Worry
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My Chicken's Face Scratching Has Me Blinking with Worry

Oh no, it sounds like your feathered friend is having a bit of a rough time!
Garage Glamour & Coop Chaos: Our Feathered Friends Arrive
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Garage Glamour & Coop Chaos: Our Feathered Friends Arrive

Welcome to our cluck-tastic adventure into the world of chickens!
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My Hen Vanished for Days and Came Back Totally Cluck-tastic

Have you ever had a feathered friend go completely bonkers?
Silkies at six days old: tiny fluffballs already plotting fowl play
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Silkies at six days old: tiny fluffballs already plotting fowl play

Meet the adorable six-day-old silkies submitted by our feathered friend, /u/Live_Committee_9491!
Silkies from Cackle Hatchery? That's a whole flock of pasty butt
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Silkies from Cackle Hatchery? That's a whole flock of pasty butt

Party butt, anyone?
Mini eggs, maxi worry: will my half-silkie eggs hatch?
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Mini eggs, maxi worry: will my half-silkie eggs hatch?

Are you diving into the delightful world of all-black Silkies?
Help! My wobbly chick won't eat but won't stop chirping
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Help! My wobbly chick won't eat but won't stop chirping

Hey, fellow chicken enthusiasts!
Spring's first peeps are here and my heart is doing the chicken dance
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Spring's first peeps are here and my heart is doing the chicken dance

Spring has officially sprung, and with it comes the arrival of the first chicks of the year!
Mystic Marans stole my heart and my morning coffee spot
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Mystic Marans stole my heart and my morning coffee spot

Who else loves Mystic Marans?
Meet Our Mystery Mini-Chicken: Clue Us In on Her Dad!
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Meet Our Mystery Mini-Chicken: Clue Us In on Her Dad!

What a delightful conundrum you’ve stumbled upon in your backyard!
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Over 3,000 Names Later, We're Honoring the Chickens Who Left Us Too Soon

Welcome to a little sanctuary dedicated to the chickens we’ll always remember!
Help! My greedy rooster hogs all the feed and leaves nothing for the flock
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Help! My greedy rooster hogs all the feed and leaves nothing for the flock

Ah, the age-old dilemma of the greedy rooster!
Sunny, Crow, and Romeo: The morning shift of feathered free-range chaos
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Sunny, Crow, and Romeo: The morning shift of feathered free-range chaos

Meet my three charming roosters just before I let them strut their stuff in the great outdoors!
My heart's clucking for my rooster, but dubbing is his only hope
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My heart's clucking for my rooster, but dubbing is his only hope

Dubbing your rooster can be a daunting decision, especially when you're feeling the weight of his struggles with that oversized comb and waddle.
A Feathered Friend Gone Too Soon, My Heart Is Crowing With Grief
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A Feathered Friend Gone Too Soon, My Heart Is Crowing With Grief

Today, my heart feels heavier than a chicken with a full crop.
The Great Chicken Identity Crisis: Hen, Rooster, or Fowl Play?
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The Great Chicken Identity Crisis: Hen, Rooster, or Fowl Play?

Welcome to the cluck-tastic conundrum of “Hen or Rooster?
Chicks see reflections and suddenly realize they're adorable little dinosaurs
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Chicks see reflections and suddenly realize they're adorable little dinosaurs

Have you ever watched a chick gaze into a mirror and wondered what goes on in that tiny head?
My Hen Knows She's a Hen and Honestly I'm Freaking Out
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My Hen Knows She's a Hen and Honestly I'm Freaking Out

Get ready to cluck with laughter and a hint of disbelief!
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Krissy’s Chickens

Tiny eggs, big personality: quail are the cluck-tastic underdogs

Quail eggs are a delightful treat that’s making a splash in the culinary world, and for good reason!
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Peckington Square Chicken City Live Cam

24/7 Chicken Cam: Watch Our Feathered Friends' Fowl Play Live

Welcome to the Peckington Square Chicken City Livestream, where the cluck-tastic antics of our feathered friends unfold 24/7!
Ivy's Vent Drama: Yellow Fluid, Egg Break, or Fowl Infection?
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Ivy's Vent Drama: Yellow Fluid, Egg Break, or Fowl Infection?

If your feathered friend Ivy is showing signs of distress, like a penguin-like stance and a throbbing vent, it’s understandable to feel concerned.
Patty's Plain Feather Plan? Plot Twist: She's a Cluck-tastic Showstopper
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Patty's Plain Feather Plan? Plot Twist: She's a Cluck-tastic Showstopper

Meet Patty, the Jubilee Orpington who’s ready to shake off any notions of being plain!
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Raising Chickens or Other Poultry for Eggs, Meat, or as Pets

A Rooster's Fowl Play Leaves Lilac in a Flap, But We've Got a Plan

Oh no, poor Lilac!
This Silkie is giving major potato energy and I am here for it
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This Silkie is giving major potato energy and I am here for it

Who else is living the luxurious life with their feathered friends?
Blue Feet and Broken Toes: My First Hatch Went Fowl
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Blue Feet and Broken Toes: My First Hatch Went Fowl

Meet your new little chick with a bit of a tough start—she’s sporting a severed toe and a couple of suspect fractures!
When your rooster's fowl play leaves a feathered friend with a black eye
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When your rooster's fowl play leaves a feathered friend with a black eye

Oh, cluck!
My feathered friends turned my rotten day into pure cluck-tastic bliss
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My feathered friends turned my rotten day into pure cluck-tastic bliss

After a long and challenging day at work, nothing quite compares to the soothing presence of my feathered friends.
Cluck Buddies or Fowl Play When Roosters Ignore Their Hens
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Cluck Buddies or Fowl Play When Roosters Ignore Their Hens

Ah, the delightful dilemma of bonded roosters!
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Raising Chickens or Other Poultry for Eggs, Meat, or as Pets

When a giant hand appears, you don't chickening out: you hop on for the ride

When a benevolent giant extends a helping hand, it’s a no-brainer to hop on for the ride!
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Raising Chickens or Other Poultry for Eggs, Meat, or as Pets

Scully needs us: a frantic egg-mergency and a call to the flock

Hey, chicken lovers!
Three Broody Hens, One Shared Egg: A Cluck-Tastic Love Triangle
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Three Broody Hens, One Shared Egg: A Cluck-Tastic Love Triangle

In the whimsical world of backyard chickens, it's not uncommon to find our feathered friends in a bit of a squabble—especially when it comes to the precious joy of egg-laying!
Is my broody girl bleeding from fowl play or a health scare?
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Is my broody girl bleeding from fowl play or a health scare?

Oh no, it sounds like your broody hen is having a bit of a rough time!
That Chick's Sticky Situation Needs a Gentle, Not Fowl, Solution
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That Chick's Sticky Situation Needs a Gentle, Not Fowl, Solution

Have you ever encountered something puzzling with your feathered friends?
The clucky battle: why my feathered friends have a mouse problem
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The clucky battle: why my feathered friends have a mouse problem

In the whimsical world of backyard farming, the age-old debate of chicks versus mice often stirs up cluck-tastic conversations among enthusiasts.
Help me hatch this decision: picking between two Egg-cellent Easter Eggers
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Help me hatch this decision: picking between two Egg-cellent Easter Eggers

Hello, lovely chicken people!
Clucking curfew: the bedtime battle with my feathered friends begins
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Clucking curfew: the bedtime battle with my feathered friends begins

As the sun dips below the horizon, it’s that cluck-tastic time again—time to usher our feathered friends into their cozy coop for the night!
8 hens, one Third Coast coop, and a cluck-ton of happy adjustments
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8 hens, one Third Coast coop, and a cluck-ton of happy adjustments

Welcome to a cluck-tastic journey through my coop and run build, crafted last spring for my eight feathered friends!
That girl's black feet and beak? Egg-stremely mysterious and cluck-tastic
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That girl's black feet and beak? Egg-stremely mysterious and cluck-tastic

Do you know what type of girl she is?
Fluffy Feet Friday with Meatball, the sweetest hen you'll ever meet
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Fluffy Feet Friday with Meatball, the sweetest hen you'll ever meet

Meet Meatball, the Dark Brahma hen who’s stealing hearts with her fluffy feet and delightful personality!
Cluck-tastic timing: Charles and his chick inspect the tractor delay
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Cluck-tastic timing: Charles and his chick inspect the tractor delay

Guess I’m taking too long fixing the tractor!
Big black roosters prove even a chicken skeptic can change their tune
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Big black roosters prove even a chicken skeptic can change their tune

Once upon a time, I thought black chickens were the epitome of boring—just a shadow in the coop, blending into the background.
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That sneaky hen is building a feathered feline fan club

In a cluck-tastic twist of fate, a chicken has taken on the role of an unlikely kitten thief!
She clucks, she lays, she's got five toes and olive-green eggs
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She clucks, she lays, she's got five toes and olive-green eggs

Yay!
When Your Feathered Friends Decide to Play Fowl Defense
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When Your Feathered Friends Decide to Play Fowl Defense

In a delightful display of chicken bravery, one backyard flock takes on a feathered foe in "My Girls Charging at a Magpie," submitted by u/MomPleaseDontHurtMe.
A little fowl play in the gene pool makes for some egg-citing size differences
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A little fowl play in the gene pool makes for some egg-citing size differences

Is the size difference among the chicks normal?
A Chick With a Wonky Eye? Let's Cluck This Mystery Together
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A Chick With a Wonky Eye? Let's Cluck This Mystery Together

Has your feathered friend suddenly developed an eye issue that’s raising alarm bells?
Burying the Run: Gravel vs. Soil for Your Feathered Friends
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Burying the Run: Gravel vs. Soil for Your Feathered Friends

Are you ready to create a cluck-tastic fortress for your feathered friends?
When the Crowd Goes Fowl: Is It a Hen or a Roo?
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When the Crowd Goes Fowl: Is It a Hen or a Roo?

Are you caught in a cluck-tastically confusing situation with your feathered friends?

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