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I know it's a difficult question but bear with me. We live on the gulf coast of texas so our weather is relatively mild with very few truly cold or freezing days. Most of our winter is around 50*. It's the heat that's the worst with a couple months in the summer usually upper 90s or over 100. So...

This is our americauna who I have been told is a pullet, but ive been noticing the tail feathers looking more roo like. Lol! Any help?

We have 2 set ups. 7 birds in our permanent coop. 3 youngers in a newly built chicken tractor. Last night one of the bigger birds was missing, and was found in the tractor on a roost (the 3 youngers were cowering on the other roost). We took him back to the big bird home. Someone didnt close the...

Do they lay small egss? Day 4 was yesterday and still tiny. (We dont know if our 2 hens are both laying and just alternating days or if its just 1 bird right now. Havent checked this am. Gotta wait til my son is back in about half hour to check since I'm on crutches.)

We have never done this but recently found out that out of the 10 birds we have 7 are roos. Yay. Ive watched youtube videos on the butcher technique. Now, how many can realistically be killed in one day? Ive heard they need to be refrigerated for a few days before cooking or preparing for...

We have 7 birds. 2 americaunas which are molested often as well as bullied, 3 rir, 2 deleware. 1 del and 1 rir are roos. Obvious by their struts, combs, feathering, and of course crowing. My family thinks the other 2 rir are roos but they have smaller combs, less flamboyant feathering, and dont...

We have 7 birds. 2 americaunas which are molested often as well as bullied, 3 rir, 2 deleware. 1 del and 1 rir are roos. Obvious by their struts, combs, feathering, and of course crowing. My family thinks the other 2 rir are roos but they have smaller combs, less flamboyant feathering, and dont...

7 birds, 2 are roos, 5 arent. (Obviously lol) 1 rir and 1 deleware roo. 2 americaunas (bottom of the pecking order), 2 rir and 1 deleware pullets. In the pen tonight the deleware roo (col sanders) kind of came at one of the americaunas, but then the rir roo (big red) and then mated with her...

My 13 yo daughter said "ew!" And we asked what was up. She said 2 chickens were mating. I went to look and they were all lined up on the back step railing where they have decided to take up roosting. (2nd night ina row we have to to carry them to the coop) She said the roo was on top of one of...

So, this week we stopped letting our chickens out of the run first thing to free range. And I keep them there til about 3, bc they are getting close to laying. And I want them laying in the coop, not the brush! Lol! So, they seem to spend all their free range time on or by the back porch...

This is one of my americaunas - about 17 weeks. I have 2 that looks similar, tho the other is darker. Same size, same comb, etc. I'm thinking pullets? I have 3 smaller chicks too, 1 americauna, 2 RIRs. I'm thinking 1 rir is a roo bc its bigger but not sure. They about 8 weeks. The americauna...

Our hens are about 17 weeks (2 RIR, 2 americauna, 1 deleware). We tore out the old nesting boxes a few weeks back and are replacing them this weekend and giving better roosting boards. They free range all day but I read to keep them in their run til late afternoon and only let out a few hours so...

If the chickens free range, once they start laying, will they lay in the henhouse or will I have to do an egg hunt thru the property and brush?

Our chickens free range. They usually hang around the house including the pool area and eat bugs and weeds (and I think frogs bc we have found a couple frog carcasses *gag*). Today we came home and they were in the pool area (its a wood fence and they either go thru the femce slats or over the...

We got our first 6 chickens 2 o3months ago. They were several weeks old at the time. 3 rhode islands, 2 delewares, and 1 americauna. The americ was w a group of 3 of them that were bullied by a lot of the others. We only got the 1 at the time tho. They all transitioned nicely into our coop...

Hi! My husband and I recently bought about 4 acres after being city folk most of our lives. (I did spend the first 8 yrs on a farm) We have 4 kids, only 3 still at home. Our oldest is 19. Then 17, 13 and 7 months. The 13 yo is the only girl. I'm a SAHM. We are trying to be backyard farmers I...