I have 7 layers in the chicken tractor right now. There was 1 younger one that I tried to introduce a few months ago but they pecked the heck out of her and there was blood everywhere so I took her out. She's completely healed now but has been by herself for a while now. I'm not currently...
I got 8 chickens from a lady, one was a bit younger so we kept it separate for the past 3 weeks and now she said we could put it w/the other ones. Which worked out perfect because we just got the chicken tractor done so we figured that would be an ideal time to put all of them together in...
I am venturing into chickens! Just got my first 8 of them today. I have 5 Barred Rock Hybrids (were suppose to be purebred barred rocks but after hatching, the Rooster clearly was not a purebred) they look like Barred rocks though mostly. 1 easter egger, and 2 Cream Legbars. 1 is laying, the...
I was reading in my chicken book from the library that you can feed milk/soured milk to your chickens?? Is that true? Is it more of a "treat" or something you could feed everyday as part of their ration? I am getting chickens in a week or so and come May, my milking goat is going to kid, so i'll...
New here and to chickens. We want to get some chickens that are ready to lay soon. Ive been looking w/o much luck so far. I know this isn't really the "right" time of year since chicks are just starting now. I found a lady that has some Barred Rocks that are 2.5months old already. I think they...
New here. And to chickens in general. I have other animals but new to chickens. I am having a dilemma. I don't really want to raise chicks because I hear it's hard and time consuming. I really wanted to buy older chickens (like 18-20weeks) so that I can just get them and they are ready to lay...