will they devastate it?
If I let the chickens out into this yard when the plants are tall enough, and leave them there through fall, will the yard become a barren mud pit?
looking to plant it with a foraging mix.
I've been searching but cant find out how many birds( standard size)can live in a...
Apparently someone of my birds has been laying her eggs from the roost.
they fell onto the litter/poop, Cracked, and froze ( High temp today was 14F/-10C)
one looks like it may have fallen unbroken, but cracked from freezing.
My first question is:
Will These Be Safe To Eat? the shells were...
I have assisted others who use a cone and slit the juglar.
I will soon slaugher some of my own.
IMO several different methods can accomplish a quick and mostly painless death.
It is the minutes preceeding death that concern me.
I have an idea for an alternative method id like to try
that I...
Okay, I guess i just want to know who could have done this.
The chicks are a few days old and are in a cage with a heatlamp in a bedroom of a mobiqle home. The water enters the house there, the dryer vents nearby, not too hard to imagine something getting in, but what would??
The chicks little...
and not become stew.
by what age should a rooster start behaving like a "good" rooster? The cockerell I have shows No signs of watching out for "his" Pullets in any way. He is not noticably more alert to danger, and he chases the Pullets away from food....
Maybe I should ask what to watch for...
Im about to build a henhouse together with a couple whofRms my land.
We like the idea oc deep litter ( on bare ground for best composinv action.
Ithink this would require a deep and or wide barrier oof good mesh aroud the perimetr of the house (coop).
I have two questions, one is;any on- ground...
Maybe i should have posted here, not in emergency. Seems like an emergency...
This is the morning of day six. Last night i neglected to close a window in the hatch room, and this morning the temp in incubator was 96°f.
Its not My hatch! Just incubating in shared bldng
Have I Killed their...
Searched and cant find.
Thinking of getting bantam hens want to know if they must be isolated from standard roo. Want to know, what offspring size and egg size would be like.
thanks
When I recieved this co kerell @7wks old, I was told he had Ameraucana father xBA mother.
I was also told that his female offspring would lay blue eggs.
Does that mean All his offspring will lay Only blue eggs? That doesnt sound likely, but I am confused.if he is my only rooater, that means that...
Looking for buckeye, chantecler, australorp, chantecler, wellsumer, maybe others, just looking for bred locally,
Hoping to find just a few pullets this month.
Thanks
[=][/]My birds wil be free ranging with others including
Roosters.when i want to breed a certain roo to certain hens, I have a pasture where i can isolate them.
But i hve 3 questions:
1. Ill assume the hens were bred by Unknown roo while out ranging.
so, would I have to wait 2 weeks from after...
many similar threads, but couldnt find answer.
The woman who sold me my australorp pullets sed they couldt eat start mash or layer pellets but Had to have grow crumbles.
(Ishould have read here first)
I accidentally got Broiler grow." From age 2-3Weeks until slaughter."
19% protien...
Does:es...
Or is a chicken nipple a completely different mechanism? I've never seen one.Would chickens be able to operate the ball bearing type that other animals use?
Thanks
I have been reading and searching, but haven't figured this out.
We currently have One Speckled Sussex rooster , a dozen assorted hens and 6 4 wk old chicks.
I would like to have 12 or so more hens and another rooster.
My question is, what is the best way to go about this?
I am...
HI,
newbie question:
If I start with breeds that I choose for certain Utilitarian qualities like, efficiency, tendency toward broodiness, etc, Is it reasonable to expect the chickens a few years down the road to exhibit combination of those qualities?
I'm thinking of
1 Buckeye rooster
3...
Hi,
We have bakers dozen grown birds now. Assorted hens ( 6 sussex X NHR, 2 RIR, 2 Barredrock, 2 ORP,) and a speckled Sussex rooster who is quite gentlemanly. We also have 6 silver lace Wyandote chicks.
These were all acquired at different times at different ages and so far everyone gets...