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That Rooster's Scream Is Ear-Splittingly Fowl and Totally Normal
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That Rooster's Scream Is Ear-Splittingly Fowl and Totally Normal

Ever found yourself puzzled by the peculiar sounds your rooster makes?
Pecked Out of Nowhere: When Feathered Friends Get Fowl Behind Your Back
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Pecked Out of Nowhere: When Feathered Friends Get Fowl Behind Your Back

Is your chicken showing signs of being pecked at, but you haven’t noticed any issues while you’re around?
Six weeks of suspense: hen or rooster? Let's solve this cluck-tastic mystery
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Six weeks of suspense: hen or rooster? Let's solve this cluck-tastic mystery

Are you scratching your head wondering whether your 6-week-old legbar is a hen or a roo?
When Chickens Stare Back: A Close Encounter of the Fowl Kind
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When Chickens Stare Back: A Close Encounter of the Fowl Kind

Meet Little Lexi, the intense eyeballer who captivates everyone with her piercing gaze!
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Help! Baby Chick's Cloaca Has a Bloody Lump: What Now?

Oh no, it sounds like one of your little feathered friends is in a bit of a cluck-tastrophe!
Friendship that makes every day egg-stra special, not just Tuesdays
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Friendship that makes every day egg-stra special, not just Tuesdays

Tiny Tina's heart feels a little heavier every day, especially without her dear friend Violet by her side.
These baby chicks just photobombed my heart (and my camera)
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These baby chicks just photobombed my heart (and my camera)

Get ready for some cluck-tastic cuteness!
Our Egg-citing Mystery: Help Identify This Cluck-tastic Mixed Flock
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Our Egg-citing Mystery: Help Identify This Cluck-tastic Mixed Flock

So, you've inherited a delightful flock of feathered friends, but their backgrounds remain a mystery!
Our flock abandoned the new barn for old feed bins: classic fowl play
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Our flock abandoned the new barn for old feed bins: classic fowl play

Yesterday was quite the adventure as we moved our feathered friends into a bigger barn, and they’ve officially declared their favorite nesting spot!
Fluffballs or dinner? Our feathery new mystery arrivals
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Fluffballs or dinner? Our feathery new mystery arrivals

There's something wonderfully chaotic about bringing home a mystery chicken, isn't there?
The silkie who stares into your soul and steals your sweater
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The silkie who stares into your soul and steals your sweater

Meet Cindy the silkie, a one-of-a-kind feathered friend who has captured my heart in the most delightful way!
Red's Early Bedtime: Feathered Friends or Foul Play?
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Red's Early Bedtime: Feathered Friends or Foul Play?

Bedtime?
My wallet clucked with joy when I saw this free feed hack
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My wallet clucked with joy when I saw this free feed hack

Are you tired of watching your feed costs soar like a chicken trying to fly?
Lucky and Boots serve major relationship goals with surprise lap time
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Lucky and Boots serve major relationship goals with surprise lap time

In a heartwarming twist, Lucky the rooster decided it was time for some cozy lap time, and who better to join him than his beloved girlfriend, Boots!
Our cluck-tastic new run is finally egg-citingly… mostly done!
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Our cluck-tastic new run is finally egg-citingly… mostly done!

After a whirlwind of busy workdays and a temporary janky setup, we’re thrilled to announce that our chicken run is finally (mostly) finished!
Farewell to my feathered friend: off to dodge the egg cops
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Farewell to my feathered friend: off to dodge the egg cops

Saying goodbye to a beloved pet is never easy, especially when that pet is a spirited rooster like Baby Brownie.
That Rooster from Meyer Hatchery? Absolute Fowl Play in Feathers
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That Rooster from Meyer Hatchery? Absolute Fowl Play in Feathers

When it comes to roosters, some can be downright delightful, while others—like the one submitted by /u/breadcrumbsins—can take the title of the meanest animal you've ever encountered!
Back by cluck-ular demand: your chickens get the sequel art they deserve
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Back by cluck-ular demand: your chickens get the sequel art they deserve

Hey everyone!
Our feathered dropouts moved outside and now they're too cool for us
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Our feathered dropouts moved outside and now they're too cool for us

Get ready for a cluck-tastic adventure with our feathered friends who have officially leveled up to full-time outdoor living!
This mom's feeding frenzy is pure bird-brain brilliance
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This mom's feeding frenzy is pure bird-brain brilliance

Meet Amber, the ultimate superhero of mum duties, who’s taken feeding her little ones to a whole new level!
That egg is so long it needs its own zip code
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That egg is so long it needs its own zip code

Hold onto your hats, folks!
Our redheaded queen Paprika: the hen who started this whole cluck-tastic flock
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Our redheaded queen Paprika: the hen who started this whole cluck-tastic flock

Today marks a special occasion—Paprika’s gotcha day!
Egg-citing for help: My rooster's acting odd and it's a little fowl play
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Egg-citing for help: My rooster's acting odd and it's a little fowl play

Oh no!
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My Hen Got Rooster'd: How I'm Helping Her Feathers & Eyes

Oh no!
Mom's incubator just hatched a fowl-zombie apocalypse: and I'm clucking scared.
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Mom's incubator just hatched a fowl-zombie apocalypse: and I'm clucking scared.

My mom has truly lost her mind—she's incubating a delightful mix of feathered wonders that any chicken lover would cluck about!
My Silkies Came from the Reject Pile but They're Pure Gold
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My Silkies Came from the Reject Pile but They're Pure Gold

Have you ever welcomed a bunch of feathered friends into your coop only to wonder if they might be the “rejects” of the chicken world?
Egg-citing Mystery: A Coop Full of Feathered Friends, Zero Labels
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Egg-citing Mystery: A Coop Full of Feathered Friends, Zero Labels

Oh no, the dreaded fate of mystery pullets!
Why do my feathered friends keep cracking their own eggs?
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Why do my feathered friends keep cracking their own eggs?

Have you ever caught your feathered friends pecking at their own eggs and wondered what on earth could be going on?
Chicken Sitting Is Egg-citing Until They Decide to Nest in Your Hair
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Chicken Sitting Is Egg-citing Until They Decide to Nest in Your Hair

Are you ready to take the plunge into the cluck-tastic world of chicken sitting?
Franchesca's daily grass-cigar habit is fowl play at its finest
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Franchesca's daily grass-cigar habit is fowl play at its finest

After a long day filled with clucks and chaos, my feathered friend Franchesca has a unique way of unwinding—by puffing on her favorite piece of grass, which I affectionately call her "cigar." It's a whimsical ritual; no…
Clucking hell, 2017, we're still scared of our own eggs
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Clucking hell, 2017, we're still scared of our own eggs

In 2017, the whimsical world of chickens took center stage in a delightful submission by /u/bohiko.
Tendie Led the Charge: Chicken Trust Finally Egg-citingly Working
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Tendie Led the Charge: Chicken Trust Finally Egg-citingly Working

What an egg-citing moment in the chicken coop!
So mean to Dino, then she bribes me with an egg
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So mean to Dino, then she bribes me with an egg

It’s a cluck-tastic day in the backyard!
Who Left the Coop Door Open on That Breed Box?
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Who Left the Coop Door Open on That Breed Box?

Hey chicken lovers!
Saved from the Drink: My Lucky Hen's Late Night Barrel Rescue
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Saved from the Drink: My Lucky Hen's Late Night Barrel Rescue

Last night was anything but ordinary in my backyard chicken kingdom!
Back in the Brooder: Speckled Sussex Are Outgrowing My Tote Already
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Back in the Brooder: Speckled Sussex Are Outgrowing My Tote Already

Hey there, fellow chicken enthusiast!
From Tiny Chick to Tail-Feathers: Our Dollar Rooster's Epic Glow-Up
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From Tiny Chick to Tail-Feathers: Our Dollar Rooster's Epic Glow-Up

¡Cluck-tastic news from the coop!
Just hatched hope: my home-girl's first egg is egg-citing and terrifying.
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Just hatched hope: my home-girl's first egg is egg-citing and terrifying.

Cluck-tastic news, everyone!
Meet Lexi, the chicken who's mastered the art of fowl eye contact
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Meet Lexi, the chicken who's mastered the art of fowl eye contact

There's something genuinely mesmerizing about a chicken who's decided eye contact is her love language.
Bluebells and Polish hens have me completely cluck-crazy
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Bluebells and Polish hens have me completely cluck-crazy

After five delightful years with my charming silkies, I recently decided to spread my wings and explore the fantastic world of chicken breeds!
When a chicken runs, those wings are pure butterfly energy
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When a chicken runs, those wings are pure butterfly energy

Have you ever noticed how chicken wings can resemble delicate butterfly wings?
New Flock Members Have Arrived and I'm Already Chickening Out
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New Flock Members Have Arrived and I'm Already Chickening Out

Exciting news is clucking in the coop!
A cluck-tastic farewell to Violet, our feathered friend forever.
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A cluck-tastic farewell to Violet, our feathered friend forever.

This Tiny Tina Tuesday, we gather to honor the memory of our dear friend Violet, who left us far too soon.
18 eggs, 12 fluffballs: our egg-citing hatch weekend
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18 eggs, 12 fluffballs: our egg-citing hatch weekend

What an egg-citing adventure!
A cluck-tastic farewell to Tiny Tina, our feathered friend
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A cluck-tastic farewell to Tiny Tina, our feathered friend

Welcome to Tiny Tina Tuesday - In Memory ❤️, a heartfelt tribute to our beloved Tiny Tina, who brought joy and laughter into our lives.
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FunHenY – Chicken Comedy

When the Sun's Out, Our Feathered Friends Get a Little Fowl-Playful

When the thermometer hits almost 100°, our feathered friends face the heat with a mix of fowl play and resilience!
My Golden Comet's Comb is Egg-ceedingly Suspicious at 5 Weeks Old
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My Golden Comet's Comb is Egg-ceedingly Suspicious at 5 Weeks Old

Welcome to the whimsical world of chicken ownership!
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This Hen's Crop Is Rock Hard, But Her Attitude Is Still Clucking Fine

It sounds like you're facing a cluck-tastrophe with your feathered friend!
Hen Pecked: Is Your Clucky Friend Showing Scary Symptoms?
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Hen Pecked: Is Your Clucky Friend Showing Scary Symptoms?

Oh no, it sounds like your beloved chicken Pop Tart is having a rough day!
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Cream Legbars: stylish, skittish, and egg-citingly cluck-tastic pets

Looking for a cluck-tastic addition to your home?

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