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All great advice and remember new chicks after you have some established flock members will get it a lot sooner! My first flock of chicks were terrible at being chickens also but I hatched a few out and mama hen teaches them what I taught her when she was young !

I started out with nature wise from nutrena but then switched to country feeds same producer but cheaper and works the same.

Just keep in mind that although I have tried to put it off and ignore it my hens love and need to have a dry loose dirt or sandy area to bath in. I let them free range the whole yard about 1 or 2 days a week besides that they stay in their coop and fenced run where I do not have an area for them...

Do you have a roo ? Even so it is the funniest thing watching the mama act when other hens or the roo come around!! She puffs up real big and spreads her wings out and backs away from them while the chicks are behind her she also fights other hens when they come around just exploring they get...

Well I have to be honest if she's been sitting under there and is fine now she will likely be okay another few days. I would put some water and a little food under there for the mama and chicks and after about 3 days or so they will likely emerge to explore and the mama will protect them well. I...

Well it seems to me that they are just all sorts of stressed out is all. You have a lot of newbies that are trying to establish their own pecking order and then a new bunch gets introduced and they have to start all over again and to top it off you have a roo in there who will always place...

Awesome! Congrats! If that's what you wanted..... I had a broody hen hatch two newbies a month or two ago. It's a great fun experience !! Just remember they know better than you do on what to do and how so let them do their thing!!

Depends on if you want her to hatch eggs for sure or just want her to stop being broody?. I have a couple hens same buffs that have gone broody I go out twice a day and pick them up and put them out of the nesting box and remove eggs from them. A few times they get upset and little pecks on my...

Wow a lot of question marks on this one... If it were me I would likely play it out and see how it goes. My concerns are these... They may enjoy each other's company to the extent that they begin to merge into one flock as you may see your hens in his coop or them in yours. You also may see...

I just hatched 2 new birds out over 3 weeks ago from a broody hen be sure and remove her to a different place with water and food otherwise you will have issues as I did. Also I have my doubts that the egg is fertile as its been over a week of laying eggs and no roo to fertilize... Just keep in...

Be very careful to clean up the pen you have them all in if it was with the others so as to not spread anything it had because if it's contagious you will quickly notice that more birds will start dying. I had this happen only bloody stools also and after the first one went I lost two more in...

I had three chicks hatched a few weeks ago we separated the mama and eggs until hatched then after a few days of them being hatched we let mama and babies outside with the other flock and mama kept them safe from the Roos but we are about 2.5 or 3 weeks into it now after moving them to the big...

All very true but I have had my flock of 26 fly over a 6ft tall fence like it was just a little hop up!! I have since constructed a 10ft high fence that they do not try to fly out of (yet!) also keep in mind that yes that much area is enough for that many birds but they will destroy any flower...

7-8 months??... Why can't you just tell by the fact they are laying eggs!! Lol all of mine were laying and always have layed around 5months. And hey free is great when your talking 2 buffs that are just entering their egg producing years!!

They both look like hens. Not all hens have a small waddle and comb. I've got 11 buffs and a couple of them look as though there isn't a waddle or comb there at all!! And some are pretty big but the Roos have very large deep red and pronounced combs and waddles they even get in their way when...

I butchered 24 last year first time myself and here's my process... Carry them upside down to a butcher stump Slowly lay them down with neck laying long and then facing away then like a guillutine with an exceptionally sharp ....( sword, dagger, machete) I swiftly cut the head off before they...

Well it sounds like you are having the same issue I was early on and that is that they will find the most comfy spot to what they know and as they are young and likely not laying yet all they know is huddle together in a corner somewhere. The way I fixed this was I have a hood that covers over...

No I didn't but that was only for about 2 weeks maybe 3 at most when I had that many in there then moved them to the coop but the most I have had since then has been 10 and they are only in at night then every morning I open up a trap door that leads outside to a caged area In the hens run so...

Sure that sounds good I just have a small bottomless cage that I move into the run during the day with the hens around it and the babies inside it so there is fencing between them but can still feel free to roam around the cage and inspect without them getting stressed over changing any part of...

Very funny!!! Love it!! They will try and keep to one box so the first one to ever lay an egg there set the president that the other followed a fix would be to put a false egg in the other box also it seems as tho they are just timed right that they both need to lay at the same time and the way...