Recent content by JanKuziel

I have 9 hens and 5 nest boxes in their coop. So of course they all want to lay in just 1 of the 5 boxes. They all stand there staring down the one who is laying, squawking at the top of their lungs for a couple hours each morning until everyone has had their turn. I’ve tried to entice them into...

Update: situation has been resolved.

Oh thankyou for these links! I too am a first time rooster owner (unplanned) and need tons of advice!

They have always seen each other and interacted but she will not roost with them yet. I would love to find a new home for him but I don’t know how to go about that. I’ve not had one before and I don’t know any other chicken ppl. I know most end up in a pot so I’m hesitant too. He’s a good...

I didn't see any threads with this topic. I started with 3 hens.. 2 sex-linked and 1 red cochin bantam. The 2 sex-linked have passed and my bantam was lonely so we got some more pullets to raise with her. Despite being a broody girl (she is 4.5 years old now, she was not mother material so we...

I have a fan mounted higher up in my coop and then on hot nights I put a small, battery operated fan in the window going out to pull the heated air and also for more ventilation.

My young sussex rooster tried to mount my 4+ year old bantam who has no experience with a rooster at all. I have 9 regular sized hens we got with him (actually we were buying pullets but he slipped thru the sexing I guess) We love him and he's a nice rooster but I'm very worried about my little...

I too have a young but skinny rooster. He’s a Sussex as far as I can tell. I was buying all pullets and turned out to have one Roo in the bunch. I’m not mad at all but he is skinny and that has me concerned. They’ve been treated and cleared of worms and coccidia a few weeks ago so he should be...

FSL is what I’m talking about lol