As winter is fast approaching here in new England, 1 hen repeatedly stays on one side of the roost while the 4 other hens huddle together on the other side. I am hoping that once it dives below 0 all the hens will just go in the hen house but for now it's still like 28 degrees out and I'm afraid...
About a week ago we came home after five days away to find 31 eggs laid by our 5 6 month-old buff Orpington chickens. Needless to say we were very excited! But since then the laying has really slowed down and we are only getting two eggs a day. We are wondering why the slowdown in egg...
Ok so here's the scoop. My 5 buff Orpington chickens are about 3 months old
And are looking healthy. Which is why I don't know why they're doing this. I have 2 comfortable coop houses inside my run and the chickens seem to like them. But that's in the day time. When night falls they turn into...
Ok you should have probably bought a brooder and feeder/waterer before the chick hatched but you should definitely have bought some chick starter feed first too. Luckily the chick will eat its own egg away for about 2-3 days but after that it will need a chick starter feed and a brooder with a...
That sounds like a dream chicken!!! I wish I had one like that! I'm not a chicken expert but I am pretty sure she's never going to stop but wait for some one else to reply! If you want you could seperate her and treat her like she's sick but that would be just cruel considering how much she...
Yes. I ordered the pawhut wooden chicken coop from amazon. It was just the right size. It'll be here Thursday! I plan to just bolt it to my other coop house, cut out some chicken doorways, and it should be good! I also bought a ceramic infrared light 100 watt heat lamp with a protective cover...