Thank you for your reply! They seem to be staying up on the roost all day today (just got them yesterday). I think they're afraid to come down because the other hens are a little mean to them. I'm assuming this is normal and will pass in a few days?
Me and my wife just added two roundhead hatches to our flock, they were given to us. At least that's what we were told they are. They seem to be getting a long okay with each other, other than the pecking order haha. Problem is I can't seem to find any information online about them other than...
Just added what I was told were roundhead Hatch hens to my flock. Two of them. They're pullets and seem to be getting along okay with our other girls. Problem is I'm not 100% on the breed, and I can't seem to find ANY information on them online other than them being show birds or people fighting...
Yep it's the open wooden ones. I didn't see any other kind when there. We piled a good bit of hay in there but she's pretty good at rearranging her box haha! She scratches it right down to the wood!
We actually got a BIG egg this morning!! It cracked though :( she pushes all of the hay out of the way and lays her egg on the bottom of the nesting box which is all wood. Should we line the bottom with a small towel or something so that they don't break when laid?
Hi Natalie!
Thanks for your response! We definitely plan on adding some more hens next week. We wanna keep it small so we're gonna add 2 more. That's another thing we're a little concerned about, we hope we won't have any issues adding more and stressing them out :hmm. We're hoping a few new...
Hi everyone!
Me and my wife have been proud backyard chicken parents for about 3 months now, we had 3 beautiful black stars but now have 2 due to a pesky Hawk! We've decided against free ranging and have enclosed their co-op and run to prevent any future issues.
We finally got our first egg...