I've had chickens for about 1.5 years now. They are always on schedule with the eggs. But today, one of them would not get out of the nesting box. I checked after work (5pm) and then each hour after. It is now 8:30 and I just had to take her out to get the eggs. She was NOT happy. She flew...
I have 6 hens in a coop. It's a decent size but recently they've tried to run out when I open the door to feed and water. So it'd be great if I could get them out in the yard, but I don't want to build anything permanent around the coop and I don't want to let them out free range (scared that...
We introduced 2 new hens to our flock after a month of being separated in the run by wire. But 2 of our 4 original hens were not very friendly at all (overly aggressive). So after a few days of the new ones being chased around and pecked at constantly I decided to take the 2 aggressors out and...
Hello, I am new at raising chickens so I'm asking all of my questions here I have 4 3.5 month old chickens and just divided the coop and put 2 6 week old chicks in there. I built them their own tiny coop underneath the main coop and used chicken wire to keep them separated. I was told this is...
I recently purchased 4 chicks. 1 Delaware, 1 Leghorn, and 2 Americaunas. I already have 4 other 3.5 month olds that are doing great. Well, the leghorn and the delaware are doing just fine, but the Americaunas are not growing feathers and are 5 - 6 weeks old. The people I bought them from...
Hi there! I just started raising chickens. I built the coop 3 months ago and the chickens are in, but for the last week or so I've had 2 roosters from out of no where hanging around. This morning they were on my roof! I'm going to try shooting them with an air-soft gun that I'm borrowing...