This morning I went out to our chicken coop and found one of my black Australorpes lying headless by the pophole door. There were feathers everywhere, and one of her wings had been torn completely off. Our 20x24 chicken yard is covered in chicken wire, with a screen door as the opening (which...
our chickens just started laying eggs this past week. We have 11 and I'm not sure who is actually laying the eggs. We got a total of 4 eggs last week and 3 so far this week (the girls are Rhode Island reds and Yellow sex link). All have been laid in a nest box, nice and clean. Today I sent my...
We are new to raising chickens - we just got 12 pullets on March 3. They were about 4 days old when we took them home. SO cute! I would love to hear about other people's experiences raising chickens. We are building an enclosure for their coop right now so they can move outside. It has been so...