Luckily I only have one hen and one rooster so there is no competition or fighting.
The new baby chicks that we bought are in the bottom part of the coop with a heat lamp. The hen will peck them if I let her in there, so I keep them separate.
Well I moved the eggs just now to one of her nests. She is the only hen and I have one rooster. I’m going to keep them in the 10x20 run tomorrow so she doesn’t go behind the bushes. Hopefully she’ll be ok with the eggs in the coop now.
Two weeks ago we bought 3 new baby chicks. Today I found out that my hen started laying eggs in the bushes and was sitting out there every day. There are 13 eggs so she probably started this behavior when we first brought the chicks home.
The temp here in Phoenix has been going down to 48...
My rooster does this too. Luckily he’s a little bantam so he doesn’t do much damage. When I go into the chicken runI take a short broom with me and keep the broom between he and I.
He still jumps in my lap for some reason, mainly to threaten me. In between attacks I get some nice pics of him. I...