I have a smaller coop and four large pullet Barred Rocks. For the most part they've been just laying on the pine shavings at the bottom of the coop. Once in a while I'd turn off the light at night to tuck them in and maybe one or two would be roosting, but tonight all four were roosting. Yay...I...
I joined yesterday and have had two Plymouth Rocks for only about two weeks. They weren't even laying yet (about 18 weeks). Today I spent a lot of time with them and everything seemed okay. I went to my daughters piano lesson and when we came back 2 1/2 hours later, one was dead. There didn't...
Hello. I've looked on BYC for information before I got chickens, and it was only fitting that I join after I got them.
I moved to the country after living in the suburbs all my life. After moving, my husband and I decided we wanted chickens and thought it would take a few years to get them...