We were given 2 females and a male from an employee of my husband's. The man and his girlfriend were breaking up and had no where for the "children" to go so we took them in. The girls are definitely mixes. The smallest looks like a Bantam Barred Rock but she has a few feathers on her feet. The...
Okay guys, these are some questions that popped in my mind as I have been reading through some of the threads about this topic. I don't really have a broody hen. I have one hen that has gone broody in the past but I don't know how she would do incubating another chicken's eggs. I bought an...
I have 13 hens. 3 I got on November 10th, 2012. Two of them are White Leghorns and they are definitely laying and started at 31 weeks old. The third is a Speckled Sussex. She started laying around 40 weeks old but I don't think she is laying now. She had gone broody for a while. She would sit in...
This may not belong here, but I couldn't find another area that sounded right either.
Last night I took in 2 roosters and a hen from a friend that is about to move and can't have more than 1 rooster where he is moving. I only have hens and have only had them 10 months. So here are my...
My screen name is AustinRhea on a few different boards out there in cyber space, so some of you may have "seen" me around. I guess first to answer the introduction questions.
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
**I got my first 6 pullets in November 2012. I lost 1...
I have been reading the thread "Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat" and now I have a dumb question. I got my first pullets last November. I have 2 White Leghorns, a Speckled Sussex, and I think a Barred Rock that are laying. I got more Speckled Sussex and some...