Hi all. So, this is our first winter with chickens and we are so lost as to what to do. ALL of our hens (all 7 of them) have frostbite on their combs. Some are worse than others and some are even losing the tips of their combs now. They look awful and we feel terrible! The upper portion of our...
Ok, we have one Bantam chick that is now acting very rooster-like! We are so new to this though that we have no idea if she is just more aggressive than the others, or if SHE truly is a HE. We had two bantams but unfortunately one did not make it so we have nothing to compare "her" to. She is...
We are very new to the whole chicken raising thing and though we are very excited and enthusiastic about the whole process, we have no idea what we're doing! So, here is what we have so far...
Our coop (which does not have nesting boxes yet as we are still building it!) is 4'x4'. Our run is...