I own 20 chickens. They are my pets and I love them dearly. Our house is in the process of being sold, and then we have to move into a rental home. What do I do about my chickens? My mother is drilling me to the point of me breaking out in tears about us giving them away (To unresponsible people...
Thanks guys! I'm not exactly sure of the square footage, but my coop holds 20 chickens comfortably. I have 6 in there. I do however have my run cut in half as I'm integrating 12, 6 week old chicks. My ladies are quite friendly (That's why the broody attacking it was quite startling to me). The...
I had two broody hens each sitting on a small clutch of eggs. They kept getting up and pushing each other off their nests and stealing each others eggs. As a result, they all cracked and the embryos died. I tried again and all but 3 eggs didn't crack. One broody had two egg, the other had one...
That isn't a buff Orpington at all! Buff orpingtons no matter the gender should be solid yellow/orange with yellow feet. What breed he actually is- I don't know. Maybe someone else can shed some light.
As for gender, to me personally it looks like an early bloomer pullet. I'm not seeing saddle...