Hi everybody!
Thinking of getting great pyreneese to guard the girls (winter brood) who are getting ready to move into their new coop/ yard area. Now, I am thinking of adopting rescue dog (or dogs). So, here is the question: how does one take, say a 1 or 2 year old dog, and convince them...
Sitting on the couch, eating a bowl of cereal, when husband looked up and saw FOX cutting uder the pasture fence. Ran to all guns sitting in various corners of the house and NONE were loaded. I watched FOX as he looked for something in the form of ammunition...by the time he got back, FOX #1...
Halleluia! Husband called me in last night to help him order HIM some chickens for spring! I just picked up 5 BO's 2 weeks ago while he was away on a hunting trip, and wasn't sure how he would react...well, fortunately HE IS HOOKED!! Whoopee! He ordered him TWELVE to be "his own chickens"...
Hi all,
Trying to figure out if this little one is a hen or a roo. 8 week old Buff Orpington. No crowing yet. New to chickens. I have absolutely no idea! This is "Lucille Ball" (name may change after this post) "She" is the one in the middle...Hope the images come through!
Ahh! My sweet little darlings went out today and figured out how to scratch a hole and take a dirt bath! (7 week old O's) The sun was shining and warm so I took them out to the dog log (minus dog) and sat with them for a long while. They lolled in the sun and scratched themselves out a shallow...
Hey,
I bought these baby buffs at 6 weeks of age from the neighbor. (7 weeks now) Even though they are "chicken folk", they told me that they couldn't tell for sure if I was getting hens or roosters...so now I am wondering at what age will I be able to tell? I am noticing changes in one of...
Hi Gang,
I have my 6 week old buffingtons in the basement. I have been letting them out into an enclosed sunporch on warmer days. I am wondering if they can go out into the regular coop (no other chickens) at 8 weeks? I had read that they should have their adult feathers by then, but that will...
Hi Folks,
Happy to have found this site as I am the new (proud) Mama of five new six week old Buff Orpington baby girls (hopefully). Went to the new TS store and bought a book on raising chickens and a week later, my neighbor conveniently had a sign out on the road "chickens for sale". The...