I have a small flock of 5 hens - SLW, Leghorn, Blue Cochin, RSL, Salmon Faverolle - and the last three are losing feathers on their necks. I did keep them confined to their coop all of last week and we had a drop in temperature (as did everyone else) recently to about 50's from typical 80+...
I have five pullets (SLW, RSL, leghorn, blue cochin, and salmon faverolle), all hatched mid February, and none of them are laying. Really breaking my head trying to figure it out. They have a small coop - about 8'x5' open air coop with two roosts and two milk crates converted to nest boxes. They...
All of them are 13 weeks. Love my fat-butt blue cochin and this little guy :)
white frizzle cochin
Salmon Faverolle & red sex link
Cochin, ameraucana, frizzle cochin
Ameraucana
I have a bantam frizzle cochin that I purchased as "straight run" from Ideal. Not sure if it's a he/she! Also received 16 extra silver laced wyandottes as "packing peanuts". I think one may be a female because the comb is not red like all the other SLW.
They're all 5 weeks old.
Here are some...
This is all new to me, but I am learning a lot on this site and am working on starting a flock in my backyard.
I'm thinking of placing an order for 9 chickens (to meet $25 min) from Ideal. My list is below. Is that too much to start with? Any thoughts on the breed mix?
All feedback is...
Hi - I'm researching keeping a small flock in my south Miami (FL) house. Hopefully will learn a lot on this site. Any recommendations on where to start?