Recent content by rjnicholson70

Thank you so much for the info. Do you know why they would have gotten these. I clean the coop every other week. I only have 2 hens and 1 rooster and now the 1 chick so I didn't think the coop really needed completely cleaned every week.

I have a question about mites also - I show no signs of them on my adult birds but just had two chicks hatch within the last 3 days and I came home for lunch today to check on every one and the first chick that hatched was lying on the coop floor dead and it must have just happened because he...

Thank you all for the wonderful advice. I didn't really want a rooster at all but since I am free ranging them it will work out. Now I am off to get more hens lol!!

Can I have 2 roosters and only 2 hens? Can I even have 2 roosters? They are brothers and have been together from day 1. I was hoping for 4 hens but that was not in the cards. They are black copper marans.