Agreed on the eggs! I have been impressed that they didn't need any ceramic eggs and nested all on their own in the right place! As far as I know they've only laid one egg outside the coop.
I'm not sure what the roosters fate will be. There were originally three, but two of them started...
Thanks for the reply! I grew up in farm country and we had chickens when I was a kid that were never inoculated either...but that was many moons ago!
There are very few chickens in my immediate area and none close enough to be social with ours, so I'll worry a bit less about the girls. The...
My son started a small flock of Ameraucana chicks last spring & I have recently adopted them when he moved out of state. I have six beautiful hens and a rooster that is kept separately. They appear very healthy and have just started gracing us with Easter eggs...so far about three a day.
My...