A year ago we got our first chickens, 5 in total and only one rooster. We have a healthy and thriving flock. This year we tried to prioritize sex-linked chicks to avoid having multiple roosters. But tragedy struck, the baby chicks arrived unwell. After 2/3 died, I went to my local chicken lady...
7 week old Dominique Chicken scratched their nose. New to chickens and wanted to get someone more seasoned opinion and see what they would do if anything
We got them on June 17. I think they were no more than a week old when we got them from a local feed store that breeds chickens themselves so I think about 5 weeks
We got them on June 17. I think they were no more than a week old when we got them from a local feed store that breeds chickens themselves so I think about 5 weeks.
Hens go broody when you don’t want them to… and won’t go broody when you do.