We have had 5 hens since 5/2011, got 3hens/1 rooster 5/2012. They are in seperate pens. We found my favorite year old hen dead today laying in her nesting box with a half layed egg. We are pretty new to this, so her death was unexpected. We haven't changed her food (gets 1/3 mix of...
Hello from Delaware. We are new to raising chickens, Started end of last April. We started off with 5 hens and a rooster that we got from a local organic chicken farmer (We were told they were a mix of Rhode Island Red and something else we can't remember). The hens have been wonderful, laying...
We were just given a rooster that needed rescue. We are pretty new to raising chickens (less than a year) and am not sure what to do. We think the rooster is probably 6-8 months old, but not sure. We don't know anything about the rooster or where he came from. He seems friendly but skittish...