Mine aren't sleeping on their perch either. They are just over two months old. We haven't built the nesting boxes yet, so that isn't the problem. We have a ladder built to go up to the perch.
So our girls are out in their coop/run, and the first night out we had to go and round them up and place them back into the hen house part of the coop. This has been happening for the last couple of days. We have a light inside the hen house and it comes on at dark. Last night when I went out to...
Is there such a thing as a Bantam Speckled Sussex??
Because that what she looks like to me. Her feet are the same color and she's got the same coloring as the other Speckled Sussex's.
Oh, another thing, because she's so small, they are all picking on her - as in pulling her feathers out. I...
I'm hoping that you folks can help me on something. The little one in this picture is the same age
as all the rest, but doesn't seem to be growing that fast. Is she a bantam perhaps?
She is supposed to be either an EE or a Speckled Sussex.
Here is another picture of her.
Hi, dear hubby and I bought our first chicks today at a semi-local feed store. They are Ameracaunas. We bought 4 to start with and may decide to add another 4 Plymouth Rocks early next week. We live in the county, so don't have to worry about city ordinances, just the HOA, which seems to have...