Can young chickens (3,14 weeks old) go live in coop after forging for over a month with the 3 older (8 month old) hens? Im not sure how to manage their food inside the coop though as the young ones have been eating grower and the older, layer…do I really have to wait until they start laying...
My Polish chicks are 11 weeks old and I’m still not sure if hens or roosters…anyone know? Still too early to tell? Please share your expert opinions! Thank you 😊
Hi, I bought this chicken (black and white) last weekend and they said it was a Merlan. I am in Quebec so maybe name different in English? I can’t find any chicken with that breed name…do you know this breed? She is about 20 weeks old.
I am using my grandson’s cabin as a henhouse now…is this too high or steep for them to come down/go up in? I just got 3 girls this past weekend and so far not one has come out and used the ladder to come down…is the coop too high? Thanks!
can someone tell me why this hatchling never settles down like the other hatchlings? Not sure if food is deformed and her foot is her or what...she had trouble when hatched...seemed her yolk was not completely absorbed..could not even lift her head much...I placed her with the other hatchlings...
This is my first year with back yard chickens. Going to be our first winter...all are under a year except my polish hen I adopted last spring..she was a year in Sept 2013...my hens are being fed organic and free range in our yard and have half a garage transformed into a coop...all seemed to be...
WARNING TO THOSE WITH SWIMMING POOLS ....This morning I got a shock when I found one of my hens, Sambuka, drowned in my out of ground swimming pool! I thought of kids, dogs safety but never thought one of my hens would fly up and go into the pool! I'm heartbroken...she just started laying her...
This morning my Brahma made a crowing sound., so what I thought was a she is really a he! She/he is about 21 to 26 weeks old..not sure as I did not have this one as a baby...please someone help me sex it?
I just started with my chickens...yes a newbie..i have one Chantecler rooster, one hen of the same, Americauna blue hen, Brahma buff coloured hen, and a black with white headress Polish hen...they are all so pretty and I can't wait until they start laying..they are only a few months old except...
Hi, im a newbie to the world of chickens let alone this site..two weeks since i brought home what i thought were young Chantecler hens..turns out they both are really Roosters....the cocka-doodle-dooing the next morning should have been a clue haha Only one of the two was doing it..anyway...i...