Hello.
I currently have 5 chickens in a 15’x50’ coop/run. We got them this past February. Not a year old but they are currently laying and getting along.
Question. A friend has to get rid of her goose. Maybe 20 weeks. Not sure if it’s a boy or girl. How will it do with my chickens? Housing...
I have a 16 week old chicken that started acting drunk, now can only lay down. Legs out every which way. Will flop around and can only flop from one side of a plastic tub to the other. Still eats and drinks a ton though. I have separated her from the rest of the flock. Lots of food, probiotics...
Have a questionable bird and questionable sexes. Any help would be great. All birds are around 8weeks.
1. Rhode Island Red M/F?
2. Unknown bird and unknown sex?
3. Buff M/F?
Thank you
I have chick starter for food. And I just got a big seed block and put it in there yesterday. I throw greens and weeds from the yard as well as old dry leaves to scratch through.
This is the first week in the coop. They were in a very large box in the house Until last Sunday. It took them a...
So here are two pics of the unknown bird, white and brown and Larger then most others. One of the questionable male or fem buffs. And the front of the coop/run before it was finished.
So I'll post pics shortly.
The coop/run area is a converted horse stall. The coop area with perches is 8ft x 11ft. The run is 18ft x 11ft. It's not a completely closed coop but there is a large wall to separate between the two areas. There is always plenty of food and water. I just hung another...
Hello all.
We have 20 birds, well 18 now. And a lot of them are getting pecked on. To the point were they don't have back feathers and one has had blood drawn. We definitely had two males, which we got rid of today. There may be one or two more. But they are still too young to tell.
So they...
Hello all.
I have around 20 chicks. 2 weeks old. And a friend of mine will be taking a few of them. She has 3 or 4 mature chickens.
My question is when is a good time to give them to her? Now while they are young? Or will their immune systems not be good enough to handle another flocks...