I have 3 White Leghorns and 3 White Rock (f)/Rhode Island Red (m) mixes. I am fairly new to having chickens, so i am not totally familiar with the breeds and their characteristics.
Somewhat related topic, when I enter my yard all my hens run up top me and kind of squat down in front of me. When i reach out to pet them they start to shake or quiver. What exactly are they doing & why?
i am having an issue lately with my flock. My yard is completely surrounded by a 4' fence, my flock is free to roam my entire yard, which they do. Lately they have been getting out the yard, which is approximately 2 acres. Will clipping their wings solve this problem?
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I don't even have my chickens yet, getting them Monday. So I'm not one to offer advice. However, I just posted a question in the coop design section about vents vs. drafts.......I'm reading so much info here it's starting to make me a little crazy. I'm all about sharing pics...
Family of 4, myself, my wife and our 2 beautiful girls. My girls and I have built our coop, modeled after a coop I saw in the coop section. We are getting our chickens this Saturday, we are all so excited. Can't tell you how glad we are that we found this site, we would be lost without it...
We are in Pennsylvania and new to the chicken game as well, finfishing our coop tonight and picking up our chickens Saturday morning. I have also been debating the heating issue. I still am undecided. So glad I found this site and these forums, total wealth of Knowledge. Good luck!!