I've had chickens for 10 years. Mixed flock. My girls stopped laying for about 8 months or more last year, but it was possibly explainable as shock from a fox attack. Now my girls aren't laying again this year, all year. I think only one is laying sporadically. No clue what is happening...
My flock freeranges....inside my fence in the suburbs. I've gotta admit I like being a good neighbor, and my neighbor's lawn is exceptional! Mine, of course, is mainly dirt due to my hens. Does anyone have any experience with kikuyu grass in the midwest (Missouri)? I've read that it is...
I just purchased a leghorn type I have never seen before. White Leghorn with a HUGE floppy comb hanging over her eye! Seller just said it was a special high laying Leghorn, and it is really meaty. Seemed like every seller had them this year at the poultry swap. My other leghorn is a normal...
Nick, do you have personal experience with this? My two cochins, both roosters, were raised together from chicks. 18 weeks now and they get along great, one is dominant and the other is his buddy. The one I would have to get rid of is beautiful....want to avoid him being a dinner!
I hit the jackpot when I bought two Cochins.....they both turned out to be roosters! They are both the same age, about 18 weeks, but one is clearly dominant. The Jr rooster follows the dominant around like they are buddies. My question...is it possible for these two to live together without...