I have 22 chickens in a 12 by 16 coop (estimate). They are happy and don't fight often. I'm going to introduce 7 more chickens and 6 pheasants in about half a week's time. Is my coop big enough?
Isaac Brown the ISA Brown
Freckles the Barred Rock
Dumpy Nuggets the RIR (Given Away)
Flat Stanley(Flat comb) or Goldster the golden Laced Wyandotte (Given Away
I have a bunch of free range chickens in a large coop. There are 22 in the coop. Also there are 7 chickens and 6 pheasants in a large wooden box inside a barn. There is a screen over the top to trap the escapees who like to jump the top. I'm going to move them into the coop with the others soon...
Today I had a chick hatch in from my broody Aracauna, Lady. It was her 3rd surviving chick and I had our hopes high. An hour later it died. It was a white normal looking chick not fluffy yet, but out of the egg. I knew it was alive at first because it had been peeping. The mother seemed to be...
I don't think so, I just cleaned up the coop today and no signs of mold. We have four, three, and two day old chicks and I'm trying to keep the food separated from the other chickens, but let the mom and babies get outside.
I have a Barred Rock rooster named Freckles. Recently, he has not been himself. Before, he would run around like a normal rooster and attack me, (We handled that already) play with Isaac B. Yesterday, he just stood in a corner for most of the day. He won't eat his pellets, but he will drink...