We currently have 12 hens and one rooster- At the end of summer one of the buff orpingtons went missing for about 4 days then mysteriously reappeared after I had accepted that a predator got her. Since then, she often would try to roost in the nest boxes at night, rather then up on the roost...
Looking for some encouragement to go talk to a neighbor whose dog killed one of my favorite 10 week old buff Orpington pullets this morning.
We have a flock of 15 pullets, hens, and a rooster. We also have two chocolate labs that were raised as bird dogs that we had to carefully train to leave...
Hello!
I've read many threads in introducing new chicks to the flock. In the end we are ready to get these little ones out of the brooder in our mud room and into the coop/run. The 10 chicks are just four weeks old and the existing flock contains four hens and one rooster.
I began bringing the...
Hi everyone!
Thank you so much for all the awesome information and advice that I've been able to read and search since I got my first chickens last year. I'm gonna use the template to introduce myself because otherwise I'd ramble on forever:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first...
Hello everyone. I've been lurking on byc for a year but this is my first post. I've been so grateful for all the knowledge I have found here! We got our first chickens a year ago- 2 SL Wyandotte hens, 2 americauna hens, and a SLW rooster. Just picked up a mix of ten chicks- orpingtons, barred...