I had a bantam go broody. We thought for a long time Dexter was a "he" until " he" started laying lol! Now she has went broody and its day 21 and 2 of 4 eggs has hatched! :yiipchick
I need to sadly regime sweet rooster Daril. My RIR rooster Cogburn has decided our home is not big enough for both of them and he is beating him up. I live in central WV. He is a very sweet rooster semi tame he stays close to the house and will eat cracked corn from your hand.
My local feed store did not get roos in when the chicks came therefore my roo is 4 weeks younger than the girls. I try letting them "mingle" and the hens just want to peck the tar out of him, he runs for a while then just gives in hides his head in a corner and lets them peck. Any ideas, the...
Besides chickens, of course, what else does everyone enjoy? Here are a few of my favorites: antiques, gardening/veggies and flowers, quilting/sewing, cooking, diesel trucks , and of course my pugs!
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I am looking for flowers/plants safe for my chickens (I'll be getting babies 3-29) I want to make sure what I put in flower beds/around coop is ok for them. Any ideas or info would be greatly appreciated :)
Unfortunately my girls and roo passed away last Sunday. I had a heat light in their coop the temps here have been in the single digits. It somehow got pulled from the wall and started a fire in the floor of my coop and they all passed. I am SOOOOO heart broken and haven't been able to go to...
I have a 7 month old Buff Orp., Jenny. I noticed this morning she is very lethargic not moving on her on, can stand and walk but not wanting to. We are in WV and the cold has set in and with the time change not as many light hours so I have went from 4 eggs a day (4 hens) to 1 egg a day (hard...
Just curious, my 5 week old roo's beak has a crust over the top of it. I am probably overreacting it's probably dried poo , but i wanted to get input in case it could be something else. Is there anything I should do i.e. warm water to try to get it off, leave it alone? Thanks in advance my...
My husband decided it would be easier/quicker to buy an already built out building. We raised it on posts to help with predator evasion and to give them more room to run around when they are caged as well as provide shade in the summer. They have a 4 box nesting box on one side with a rail...
I finally talked my husband into chickens this year and I think he loves them as much as I do if not more ! I got 4 Buff Orpington hens and 1 Rhode Island Red rooster on Good Friday from the feed store. My husband built me a coop and I will post pictures of it later along with my girls and my...