I bought 6 Asian Black chicks last spring and 3 grew to be all black, 1 black, and red around the head and 2 looked like your hen, Plymouth Rocks or something like that. They are lovely calm hens and produce tan to brown eggs. I really like them.
Sunflowers planted in large clumps. I have wild KS sunflowers plus sunflowers sprouted from Cardinal food and some actual large sunflowers. They don't require much water, they grow sturdy and tall and throw great shade, plus in the fall your birds will eat them and the fallen seed will sprout...
My muscular, brave rooster is now in the freezer. He saw me as competition for the hens. I was sorry to see him go, but being attacked every day was not an option. Now my hens follow me like without being harassed.
I'm new to this group and happy to've found you. I had chickens in New Zealand in the 80's, poor old ex-battery hens that were half dead when we bought them, but had a wonderful life roaming in our yard. Fast forward a few decades to Kansas, and I've just raised 6 wee Asian black chicks and...