I have 3 hens purchased in March 2011 from TSC. I would assume they are all relatively the same age, give or take a day or two. One has been laying since middle of July, as expected. She is a RIR. The other two show no interest at all! One is an EE and the other is a Silky. Why would only...
Sadly, we lost our dear Jett today. I let all the chicks out of the run to free range in the yard as usual. We have 2 dogs, a lab and pug, who usually get along amazingly with all the chicks. I was out with them and went back inside the house, 15 minutes later I went back out and poor Jet was...
We have made quite some progress on the coop and I just wanted to start sharing some pics. Have lots more to do, but the girls all seem to like the progress so far.
I am pretty certain the one on the right is a little boy...he crows starting at 4:30 am and basically all day! He crows when he wants out of the pen, he crows when he is hungry, he crows when he hears me come home from work! I think the one on the left is a boy, he did crow a few times but has...
I was so excited when I picked these guys up 6 weeks ago, I did not remember to look at what I was getting! I love them all the same, so I wasn't that worried, but would like to be able to tell people what they are when asked! Also, are they roo's? I think they are hens, but still not sure...
This is my first attempt at raising chickens, and after a lot of research and reading, decided on Silkies...the local feedstore told me they would get some in March first, this was Feb first when I first asked. So I waited....and waited and waited....finally March 1 arrived. I went to the...