I picked up three hens to replace three that were Roosters. Unknowingly, until I picked them up, they were as the man said..."de-beaked." I asked why and he said so they don't peck each other. Well guess what, my first even all have beaks and they are establishing the "pecking order." My...
We have three laying boxes in the chicken coup and found our first five eggs (woo hoo!) in the goat shed. Our chickens free range during the day and we lock them up at night. This morning one of the hens ran into the goat shed to sit on the eggs. My question is should I move the one egg to the...
Well, a big thank you to all! First for welcoming me and second for answering my question seriously yet I find humor laced into most of the answers. Goes with chickens I guess as we are having fun raising them. I have a few options now and short of tossing them into someone else's flock or...
We are new at this and having purchased ten chickens, five at a time over a month ago they were maybe a couple of months old(I really don't know) it turns out that three are looking a lot like Roosters. I wasn't sure we wanted a Rooster to begin with but may try having one around. Two came in...