Hello all,
I "rescued" two peafowl along with a bunch of chickens. Just wondering what kind (color) of peacock is it? His train was cut off as it was in a flood and had to be put in a dog crate for a couple of days. The former owner tells me what is left will fall off and then grow back. Is...
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I have about 20 5 week old chicks and I am rescuing approx 9 full grown hens/roosters. The grown chickens will go in the coop, but the chicks are outgrowing their brooder (small shed). Can I safely mix them together?
John A
We are new to chicken keeping. Our 13 chickens pretty much have run of the 36 acres but generally stay within about 50 yards of their coop, mostly it seems, on our porch! No problems... til today. Came home around noon to find mass carnage - feathers everywhere. 3 dead bodies, 4 missing. I...
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We recently purchased a small farm a now have a small flock of 13 chickens. 11 are orpingtons and 2 are "white". The guy who gave them to me said they were (his words) "Americanas". They don't look like Ameraucans, so I'm not sure what they are. Hopefully I can figure it out...
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We recently purchased a small farm with a large chicken coop. Before I could get the coop ready (it leaks) I inherited 13 chickens - 3 roosters and 10 hens. We made a storage shed into a coop and everything seems fine except one of the roosters seems to be "getting the business"...