Hi, their eggs are days apart from each other. But get along fine with each other and seem to co-parent with the chick that has hatched.. waiting on the others right now. I did find one egg that was cracked too early, not sure what happened though? Don't know if the mom did it by stepping on it...
So, two of my hens decided to go broody about 2 weeks or so ago and the first chick has hatched today. I am wondering if they will make it through the fall? It rains here alot and it gets cold and stays in the 50f sometimes low to 40. Should I separate the two mothers and the chicks? Maybe move...
I am looking into adding another type of bird to my flock family. I currently have a rooster and 8 hens. I was wondering would a Toulouse geese (two or one) make a good pet? I also have super close neighbors so I was wondering if they are super loud or how much noise they make? Would they get...
Currently we are using straw as the bedding for our chicken coop. We live in Washington where its always raining so the weather is always wet and cold (snows once a year if we're lucky). I was wondering if there is something better out there we can use for our chicken coop because straw smells...
Hi there. I was thinking of getting a mated pair of ducks possibly a muscovy pair because I heard they are a quieter breed and we have neighbors on each side of our fence. So we don't want a loud duck breed. Thing is we already have about 8 hens and 1 rooster. I was wondering would it be okay to...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I had chickens for about 5 years now? We just got our first rooster though a couple months ago, so I am super excited about that. I always wanted a rooster with chickens.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have a rooster...
I was thinking of getting a pair of peacocks (male and female) and was wondering if they are loud? We have neighbors close by on each side of our house and some behind. So, I dont want to get any if they are loud. Never had any before, so was wondering if they had a quieter breed?
We just got a rooster today and am not so great with chicken breeds, let alone rooster breeds lol. I was wondering if you guys know what breed my 4 month old Rooster is? I am thinking Barnevelder but Im not so sure. What do you guys think?
I have 9 chickens in total. I went to my local garden store one day and saw a Barred Rock Hen and decided to get her because she is my moms favorite breed of chicken. She got along fine when I introduce her to the rest. She is just a little bossy towards the others and likes to peck me. I dont...
It is very temping, I just sold 4 of my younger rabbits and picked up two huge new female rabbits to add to my stock. But, Im thinking im keep those two girls as pets only and not breed them, we shall see.
Your pets are so cute and love that picture! No, I havent tried to put my rabbits with my chickens. I was thinking of letting my older new zeland male out to run with the hens but am scared he might dig under the fence and run out. He is very hard to catch haha
Thank you Michael! Wow, thats amazing. I like raising rabbits to see what the beautiful outcome will be. Right, most of my hens are all the same color, and I only have two different colored (white one, black one). I have been told sex links are great egg layers as well. They are also very...
Thank you very much! Right, I thought I'd share some pictures of the rabbits I have, so that people are aware that I also raise rabbits and dont only keep chickens. I just added two new huge rabbits to my addition, of which am very pleased with! Thank you once again, and will keep that in mind (:
Hi there. I currently have 8 hens and raise few rabbits myself. I am new to BYC website and would like to introduce myself and my flock. I had hens before, but ended up giving them new homes due to the fact I was living at my uncles and finally got my own place with my parents. Now we built a...