Frist, I’m new to raising chickens so I apologize if this post sounds a little silly. A couple of days ago the owner of the gym that I frequent approached me and asked if I could watch over his friends flock (7 hens and 1 bantam rooster). I have a decent size coop, which could handle another 50...
Introducing my 9 week old chicks to the flock; can or should I attempt the integration? The background: I have 28, 9 week old chicks, 24 hens / 4 roosters, living in a 12x6 enclosed trailer brooder. I feed them chick-starter and every snack I can find, only healthy foods. My older flock is 4 RIR...
My chicks are now 8 weeks old and I have one chick that I can't figure out if it's a girl or boy. My wife loves this little one, it's so sweet, but I can't handle another rooster. So, could someone please give me an idea if it's a hen or rooster? Thank you
Greetings Everyone,
I would like to begin by stating after finding this site in February I purchased four Rhode Island Red chicks. This site made raising chickens look like fun, so I did it, and want to take it to the next level. The problem I had from the beginning was I live in a...