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I have added more pictures above. Can anyone help confirm these are indeed jersey Giants and not australorps

my chicken swing

Are they definitely jersey giants. I was a little worried they weren't. I'm really wanting to see a little yellow. I'm so unsure.. sorry about the pic quality my wife is not used to the slr camera

So today I went to get some new 6 week old chicks jersey Giants are very rare around n.ireland so I had a very long drive to get there. I was very sad to see the state this persons hens were in. Way too many in a tiny space , adults picking on chicks etc etc. Is there anything I can do...

Been so busy sorry will get some pics tomorrow of the swing. A few of my hens love it. Keeps them busy.

Thank you for such a speedy reply my wife thinks I should leave them alone they all seem very happy. I don't want to create 1 either. I'm lucky that all my hens get on and let me hold n stroke them. I have made a large chicken swing for them they seem to love it.

So I have already 10 hybrid hens in a 6x6 coop and a run 18x6 inc coop floor. Now I remember reading on here before that a member had kept hens at 10sqft before and swears he never will again after seeing the difference. I cannot find that post so I'm asking here what was the big...

Going to get materials for the run tomorrow. Going for 30x8x6 high. 242 feet of chicken wire needed.

I changed the layout inside since will get some pics soon. I will add more roost space. And a window , I worked out that I have enough space for 9 with 4sqf coop. And 10sqf run. I will build them another run soon as funds allow. 24x6. I know I'm at max hens for space at the moment. I...

So I built myself a 6x6 coop in anticipation of getting 10 hens. I was told they were warrens hybrids. I spent a week building it. And a 12x6 run. Coop floor and run 18x6. I noticed last week that my hens started to bow down when I went near them. Still no eggs 3 weeks now. I noticed a...

Hi all. Well I'm new to here and been doing a lot of reading. There's so much to take in at first. I'm about to start my project in my garden. I'm building my own hen house for layers. It's going to be 10x6 foot. And the run will be 20x6 foot How many could I have. I keep hearing 2sq n 4...