UPDATE: I took the 3 RSL hens and put them in with the 3 month old little girls,and man was I so happy that putting all the girls together was not a frightening experience,there was a little bickering but for the most part it was not like I was dreading the 3 girls seem so much happier I put...
UPDATE: I was so worried that something was wrong I had my husband try and get her out... she was not setting on any eggs and she was okay just hiding from my mean 'ok boys,it is settled they are getting separated tomorrow, I cannot have my girls afraid to go to bed at night
thanks for the encouragements, right now I am trying to figure out how I am going to separate them, the 3 month olds have only been permanently in the run, sectioned off for 2 days, they have seen them many times when I would let the big ones out to free range I would place the babies in their...
My girls (3 RSL) are faithful layers an egg a day,well the last few days I have been only getting 2 eggs,tonight 1 hen came up missing I found her under the coop and it appears like she is puffed up possibly laying on eggs,i am sure that at most only 1 egg will be good beings we have freezing...
I appreciate all of your advice they are my babies and I only want what is best and healthy for them.They will be separated until my little ones are with the other girls and a few months older, The roosters I have are BO and the 3 hens are RSL,the 15 babies are BO, These are my new girls...
Last April I bought 6 baby chicks from TSC, as it turned out 3 were girls and 3 were boys,I know way to many boys to girls,but these were my 1st chickens and I got rather attached to all of them,as you can imagine my girls are paying the price....so I bought 15 female chicks in October,they are...
they are 2 weeks old today and I am speculating....that 2 are going to be roosters...ugh,well that is 90% accuracy I guess there will be 3 chickens in the freezer this spring,sad I wanted them all to be hens, they are getting more used to me coming to them and not freaking out,i am not handling...
ok so today i gave them some mackerel...WOW they went crazy over it.looks like this winter they will be getting mackerel for their meat thanks for that little tip
I have 3 red sex links and they all started laying at 4 months old ,the 1st egg laid was a double yolk
this is the egg beside a store bought large white egg,,,
2 of my red sex lin
I got my 15 BO from Ideal,they all made the trip real well,they turned 1 week old last Friday,I did put electrolytes and probiotics in their water the 1st day,they are eating Dumor crumbles and I feed them a boiled egg,not giving to much snacks right yet want them to get all the good out of...
thanks everyone for the wealth of information,i believe I know have a clear pic of what I can do,and I like the bubble wrap neat idea,and Alaskan...wow 50 for summer high...you guys stay cold all year long...
I have covered the runs in plastic all sides, top to bottom,we just expanded the run and will be making a larger coop,i just have 6 chickens outside right now 3 BO roosters and 3 RSL hens,I just bought 15 BO females,because 3 rooster is way to many for just 3 hens I had not planed on putting...
mine are also being brooded in the house our over night temps are in the 30's when they are 5 weeks old and I assume fully feathered it will be the middle of December our over night temps will probable be in the low 30's to mid 20's how do I get them accustomed to temps like that am I going to...
I suppose it is not a cold temp coming from someone who lives in Alaska...lol but for this "southerner" it is chhhhilllly....I just found out today what my coop could be considered...although the diminsions are not correct,it is an open air coop,but the open air coops I have seen are standing...