Recent content by rborin119

I was scoping out spots today. My initial plan was to do like 7 hens. But if we put the Roos in with them, we will need more. I found a spec that said there needs to be at least 8-10 square feet per bird. But we were planning on doubling that per bird. I just want them to feel like they're free...

Yea. Maybe I'll just put them together and just collect eggs daily. But I also don't want to put the hens through being constantly bred. Thank you. I appreciate the insight. We raised chickens when I was a kid but I wasnt involved in the logistics of it all!

Hello everyone! I have two roosters only but looking at getting some hens this spring. Well, that was my husbands idea and I want to run with it before he changes his mind! Here's the hitch. I don't want to let me hens and roosters together. I don't want to take the chance of having babies. I...

I appreciate that. I haven't had chickens since I was a kid and wanted roosters because no one wants roosters. So I wanted to take them In. So just keep an eye on them just to make sure that no one gets seriously injured? They're totally free range. So I rotate them out and put one in the coop...

I have two rooster. Both about a year old. I got them when they were just weeks old. One is a copper maran and the other is a lavender Orpington. I only have the two roosters. No hens. Yesterday, they starting fighting. they can't be around each other or they start fighting. There has been no...

I have an 18 week out cockerel who had a duck best friend. The duck was attacked by a stray dog and now my little chicky is alone. I want to get him another friend. Another cockerel because I don't want eggs and I don't want more than 2 chickens at the moment. I need advice on how to introduce...

Yea, it's only been a week. And like I said, I'm thinking I have unrealistic expectations. Thank you for your insight!

I haven't had chicks since I was a child. I initially wanted two roosters only, however, when I went to pick up my baby boys, I was presented with an interesting situation. The only cockerel left of the breed I wanted (French Black Copper Maran) had bonded with a young ducking (mallard) of the...

Thanks! No I don't want fertile eggs. Don't really care about having a hen. I was just assuming a Roo and a hen would cohabitate better than two roosters. You suggest a breed? They will be mostly free range. That's if I can be brave enough to just let them wonder. I will worry about them always...

I want to get chickens! Really, I would like to have only two. BUT I want at least one rooster but don't want to have babies in the future. I would never be able to let any of them go. I get easily attached. I want more than one though cause I know chickens are social. I need some advice on what...