It all started a couple weeks ago, one of our Jersey Giants went broody. Not much more than a week passed that our Silkie succumbed. Then a couple days ago, one of our buff cornishs fell as well. How do we get them to quit, or at least stop the cycle??? We have 3 broody hens now and only 3...
Our little Silkie Honey Mustard has become broody. Husband tells me I should leave all the eggs in the nesting boxes so she will quit. Is this true?
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So I have this light brahma rooster who is pretty big. He mounts, or tries to, pretty much any or all of them. But there is one hen who is probably always been the naughtiest one who he picks on the most. It's gotten to the point where he's pulling out huge amounts of feathers. She's missing...
We have had problems with chickens flying over the fence and annoying the neighbors. So my DH put up a 4 1/2' fence. Not too long after that our oldest EE Dumpling flew right over. In the following weeks 2 more EE have traveled over the fence. We eventually had to clip Dumpling's wings but...
Salad, my Silkie Rooster died defending his hens from a predator. Lost only him and 1 hen. What an amazing rooster!
Would love to see your hero roosters and read their stories!
Me and my husband want to put a run on our coop since our chickens have a tendency to, um, cross the road! I would love to see other runs and different things in the runs that keep the chickens busy. This is our coop:
We have free running chickens and for the most part the flock doesn't go far. 1 of them, our 4 month old Roast, goes just about anywhere. It was funny at first but then yesterday she was brought back to us by the kids across the street. She apparently wanted to hang out with them over there. She...
My egg laying New Hamshire Roasty. Our most favored!
Our Frizzled Cochin Pesto & friends all hidden
And the babies in the transition coop
Anyone else have bush dwellers like mine???
Is there a certain time of day that chickens typically lay? How common is it for the chicken to eat their own egg? Our 4month old baby Roast lays at random times in the day and I worry we won't find it on time for her to start eating it. We also have 9 other chickens that live with her that are...
My 4 month old New Hampshire has JUST started laying eggs. 2 now! Are the first couple eggs okay to eat? Is there anything we need to do with the eggs before eating?
I have 4 silkies which we got in a straight run... Is there a good way to tell the difference between a boy and girl? They are about 2 weeks old now and they still all look the same!!
Our free range chickens used to go back to the coop when they were ready for bed and we'd lock them up. After a raccoon break-in, my NH started coming up to the front porch to be put to bed. And since the 2 Sebrights have followed suit. Now everything night we have to pluck them off the front...