We started out with chicks and one turned out to be a rooster. My city doesn’t allow roosters so I have to find this beautiful boy a home. He’s about 20 weeks and we believe he’s a blue americuana. He is used to being handled and is very sweet.
Three days in a row I’ve found squirrels in the chicken run. We secured their big food container and today I found a squirrel in their smaller coop. My chickens seem to be afraid of them also.
We bought a prefab one from Tractor Supply but decided it would be too small to keep full grown birds for an extended time. My husband built an area for them to roam in throughout the day that I believe is 8X8 and we shut them in the small coop at night. When they were smaller we would put them...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand new chicken mom! I'm on week 8 with them and they were 3-5 weeks old when we got them.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 5 chicks currently. We are restricted to 6 hens in my area and are not allowed...