Blooie, we have 3 chickens (2 hens, 1 rooster) and have started incubating their eggs. Of the first 7 I put in the incubator, only 2 hatched. I had planned on brooding them in an uninsulated, detached garage, but it's in the 10s-20s here right now and with there being only 2 of them I was...
Hello, I’m new to the forum, and to raising chickens and ducks.
I’ve got 3 ducklings purchased from Tractor Supply that I’m guessing are around 2 weeks old. We’ve had them for probably 5-7 days. They’ve been very skiddish the whole time. Any time I try to hold one, they all start chirping...
Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
We got our first two chickens, fairly grown, from a local farm in mid July.
We bought 5 baby chicks from Tractor Supply in late July, early August.
We bought 3 ducklings from Tractor Supply in about a week ago.
How many chickens do you...