Recent content by Spartyfan17

with these new hens and existing we would have 15 hens and two roosters. Not sure if I’d want to chance it. We may build a separate coop/run for the new birds. 1 rooster with 5 hens...

Boo! He’s a jerk but protects his girls which why we are ok keeping him around. What are the chances of successfully having two roosters? 😔

Hello I have some Australorps that are about 6 weeks old. I’m starting to get concerned about one of them possibly being a male. We already have a rooster and he’s a jerk so wouldn’t likely be able to keep it. What do you guys think? It’s body is about the same size as the others. Thank you in...

Was just reading and came across this post, so you just need something to deter hawks? don't actually need a net? We had some issues with a hawk during the winter and tried closing it in but since our run was an odd shape it is an eye sore. Something like this would be so much easier on the eyes.

Thats just the enclosure. I tried to pick it up to take but it wasn’t being very cooperative.

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Hello I purchased 6 chicks from TSC about 4 weeks ago. I believe I got 2 Wyandottes, 2 australorps, and 2 brahmas. They are supposed to be all pullets but you know how that goes...Anyway I’m not sure the gender of one of my australorps, it’s comb is small and pale like the others but it’s tail...

Thanks everyone! I think we will wrap the bottom half :)

Updated but I am in southwest Michigan

so this may have already been asked but we are using an old dog run for our chicken run. We plan on putting a net over top for bird predators. But I was wondering if we needed to wrap the fence in chicken wire? We only plan on keeping them in there during the day and at night they will be...

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I like your thinking!

thanks! :) i brought them out a few times before putting them into their coop, this morning they seemed content but i think it's more the lack of chirping when I come around. I'm pretty sure I'm taking it harder than they are lol

As long as I am not the only one! We are in Michigan, and its decent right now. I know they will be ok I just want them to be content. They haven't started using their roosts yet but I think once they will get more acclimated to their new home they will start being more natural. :)

So we finally got our coop finished and last night we put our girls in there and now I am constantly worried about them :hitI'm not worried they will be attacked or anything just that they are scared and lonely lol...Has anyone else felt this? Also how long should I let them acclimate to their...