I am having to thin my flock so I need to begin with my roosters and possibly more chickens in the near future, But for right this minute I have to start somewhere
I have:
* a nearly 2 year old black Cochin rooster...."Kodak"
* a 1 year old white barn yard mix of ISA brown and Cochin, he is...
thank you so much for responding. My husband has since told me that he will fix the problem and I can keep my babies.....I just haven't figured out how to remove a post yet..
I live in Hendersonville, NC. I have recently purchased 4 chicks and 3 ducklings from TSC. After about 3 weeks or so I have decided that I can not accommodate the chicks and the ducks when they are mature. I have 15 chickens and with the addition of the 4 chicks I had planned on extending the...
right now I have:
HENS
3 black Cochin
1 EE
1 black Australorp
1 black Sexlink
3 RIR
1 Silkie
1 ISA Brown
1 Barred Rock
Roos
1 black Cochin
1 EE
1 barnyard mix of Cochin and ISA brown
"Kodak" is @6 months old, just starting to mature. He is black with beautiful green feathers that peek out in the sunlight. I can't have roosters here. He is so cute and fun to watch. He takes his rooster duties very seriously. He has also been crowing since he was about a month old. I didn't...
I saw on the news this morning that the state of North Carolina was demanding that all poultry owner must register their chickens. They say this includes poultry farmers with over 200 birds all the way down to back yard flocks of any number. This is supposedly to help fight the chicken flu or...
I currently have 3 Leghorn Roosters in my backyard flock. Two are @ 5 months old and one is more like 4 months. The largest started crowing about a week ago. All three have been hand raise up to this point. They are not really afraid of people, as I can catch them fairly easily. They are really...
Hello,
my name is Jackie aka jackclucker...I am a married mother of five. My husband and I have discussed having a few chickens for a few years now. I don't know why we finally decided to go for it but we are the proud owners of 11 chickens. 3 leghorns and 8 ISA Browns. Not sure yet if they...