I have a 4x8 coop with a large run for 13 chickens. 5 adult hens and eight 3 month old chicks. One spot in my run has plastic mesh on it - before you say anything, I know it's worthless. This morning I have 9 dead bodies in my coop. 3 chicks and 1 hen survived. The hen was severely injured with...
I've been raising my chickens now for just over a year and I've naturally hatched out 3 broods. I've now got the mom, a rooster from the second hatch, 8 young hens and 2 younger roosters. Last week I heard a ruckus and went to investigate and found my little rooster woody in an egg box. When I...
Update: 2 of 3 eggs hatched under Henny Penny. The bantam egg first, then 4 days later the Rock.
Unfortunately Henny rejected the black chick. I don't know if it was the different size and colour, or the fact that the chick was visibly slow and weak. I decided to take him and keep him...