Hi all,
I have 8 chicks (4 Americana, 3 Barred Rock, 1 Leghorn) that are now about 5 weeks old. I still feed them chick start every day as thier main diet and my understanding is that I should keep doing that until 12 weeks.
The chicks have been showing a lot of interest in eating...
I have a tractor style coop and yesterday I was a bit surprised to hear a buzzing swarm coming from inside the coop. It was full of bees, probably 100+. They went away in the evening but they are back in force today. The chickens don't want to go in the coop with them in there, any...
I am new to raising chickens; I have four and a fairly large coop. I got them all about 2.5 months ago and they were bare on their backs. Since then two have grown in their feathers and two are still bare. The temp has started dropping fast and it is well below freezing at night.
I am...