Oh and I forgot to mention that he isn't showing any aggressiveness towards anyone in my family yet. The last roo that I had kept attacking everyone : /
I have a cockerel, he is a Rhode Island Red. We got him about 6 months ago when he was still a chick. I have read online that cockerels starts crowing at some time about 6 to 8 weeks. He hasn't crow yet, hasn't even started making weird noises yet. Because where I live, the city doesn't allow us...
So when I look under the deck, there was a dip in the corner. It was pretty deep so I wasn't sure if she was laying under the deck. I am still trying to get a good look.
She does like to go under the deck a lot but we have recently decided to place a fence around that area. We have two nesting boxes that Poky still lays in and we currently only have two laying hens so I don't know why she would try to find another nest. But I will now look under the deck to...
I started raising my backyard chickens last year, I first bought 3 little chicks from my local Orscheln Farm & Home center ( We just bought three more baby chicks there too). The girls are now about 1 years old. I've got an Ameraucanas (we think) named Poky and a buff orphington named Yellowly...
Hi! So I really want to start a mealworm farm for my chickens. But I don't know how to get started. In my area right now it is fall near winter now so it is quite chilly outside about 40 degree F to the highest and to 30 degree F to the lowest. I don't know if I should buy them in the mail now...
One of my chickens has turned out to be boy, his name is Becky. Becky is a Bared Plymouth Rock, he is about 18 weeks old now and is also a very protective of his flock. I live in Lincoln NE that does not allow roosters and I also live next to a church and a high school which will make the mater...