Hello, I am new here! I have been reading many of the posts for the past few months, ever since my husband and I got our first chicks in February! We started out with ten chickens (four Rhode island reds, four barred rocks, and two americaunas) and two ducks(one Indian runner , Watson, and one...
Having a rooster isn't a cure-all. We had two big rhode island red roosters who protected our other eight hens. I felt that the chickens would be safe with them around. Our chickens and two ducks have been free-ranging for the past few months with no problems. Our roosters would attack my...