Most of that clutter I had taken out to make more room. After 3 days of being together of which 2 I threw them out in the coop they have all seemed to work fairly well together and my little rooster is getting quite a following already. I have since allowed them out to free range and I do still...
I don’t I just put em back in. The pecking order begins again. Now honestly you need to remove some roosters for 18 hens 2 is more than enough. But I personally would only have 1 if they don’t free range. I have 45 chickens and 3 roosters right now but we allow our chickens to free range for a...
We time out in a separate area sometimes for a week. As far as getting rid of the roo there are a number of options I am not sure where you are from but here in SC there is a farm who will take them locally people put them out on Craigslist for free if the are not wanting to cull them. It’s not...
Usually taking out the mean one for a time out will change the dynamics but it is possible you have to many roosters for that many hens. It’s usually approximately and this could differ between types of hens 10:1 on the hen rooster ratio. This has been my experience although considerably less...
We did the place in the roost at night introduction which we have done before. We have been free ranging all the chickens in the evening at the same time so they have seen each other with minimal interactions for about 2 weeks. We usually keep the chickens in the run for 3 days so the new...
Looking for Buff, splash or Lavender Orpington eggs close to Rock Hill SC. My hen went broody yesterday on a wooden egg and I would like to put some fertilized eggs under her as soon as possible. Please help
Absolutely love BYC and learned a ton about being a chicken tender. Here for more info to give and get as there are so many more that have a vast knowledge to share and I appreciate you.
Also I wanted to start raising and selling Soeckled Sussex and French Cooper Marans in my area so what a...