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Definitely! I'm sure 'managing' the flock will be ongoing but I'm happier with what I have now and just as importantly *they're* happier! My long term goal was a self sustaining flock. Problem was I didn't know what I wanted. All I remember from when I was a kid was big white meat hens and some...

Definitely! I'm sure 'managing' the flock will be ongoing but I'm happier with what I have now and just as importantly *they're* happier! My long term goal was a self sustaining flock. Problem was I didn't know what I wanted. All I remember from when I was a kid was big white meat hens and some...

For the record, my three Easter Egger chicks are still alive and kicking! And running, ducking, dodging, and weaving around the big hens but they are in one piece, eating, and drinking. Yay! Now as long as I can keep everybody cool through this record heat, we will have accomplished something...

I saw for myself that the chicks were indeed eating for the first time today so yay!!! And there is still some chasing but it's died off to almost none. I am SOOO relieved. I know things can still happen but at least they are getting all I can give them and have made it this far!

So as of today the chicks are still managing. I spread out the waterers, fixed the mister to cool them down in the heat of the day and they are managing. I'm not relaxed yet but am slowly becoming a bit more optimistic. Now to find someone who wants a rooster or two! And a Silkie!

Six leghorn size hens, one silkie, and the three chicks. The coop and run are supposedly maxed out at 10 full size chickens. I was planning on adding a coop but life got in the way. I did see the chicks drinking after all but they are stressed which stresses me out because the heat is bad enough...

So after monitoring them yesterday and today it seems the hens are more or less leaving the chicks alone. However, the chicks remain huddled in a corner which concerns me as it's too hot to not drink. When integrating chicks and it *doesn't* work, is it because they get attacked and killed or...

I finally broke down tonight and tried it because I felt I was being put in a bad spot. The three roosters are ganging up on one of the hens, why I don't know. They were raised together. I wasn't able to get the second coop in time and have no more room. The hens seem more interested in eating...

So my original plan was for EE's so I ordered two roosters and a hen. Two roosters because when I first tried for three hens and a roo my Henry turned into a Henrietta. So then I started investigating Barred Rocks and ended up with two penciled plymouth rock hens and three roosters; these were...