When we had baby peas, my husband and I had no idea what sex they where, My daughter pointed out the obvious a white chest means a female. Ours are blue not tan, so not sure in your circumstance.....
Unfortunately our chicken supplier at the time was cheated by a breeder, some of our recent...
Defiantly speak to someone in your local area about what issues they have with dogs, foxes, birds of prey etc. it's very important to guard from these guys. I have lost a few even feral cats.....
My chicken area is chicken wire, dog fencing, taught flush with ground wire, electric fence on the...
A friend might be nice for her. If u let her in the house with you while you sort out an out door area for her, she'll be happy following you around and give u time to relax at night and give her cuddles. (If she's already a bit tame)
I have rooster in the house. He has certain areas he poops...
I have 2 male turkeys they are typical teenagers now. They fight like you wouldn't believe, and they. Have even killed 2 hens..... They are so beautifully ugly. Not sure what to do with them.
Hi everyone!!!
The amount of times I have 'googled' a chicken related question, to find myself on this site.
I thought it best just to join.
I have heard many theories of the 'slippery slope of owning chickens' I think this may be as far as I can go now.
I love reading all your threads...
My husband had built an A frame tin coop, with a wire mesh run about 4x9m for four chickens..... Then I came along.... Numerous chickens later we have built a skillion roof over the run, and will replace the A frame with something larger.
We seem to do most of the work on the run in spring...
My Jap Bantum rooster has been living in the house for about 6 weeks now. And I love it, he was always very tame, he is about 3 years old. He moved in when he got beat up by a young rooster.
He has favourite areas to sit and there are little piles of poop every afternoon for me to pick up. He...