So I have raised my first mixed batch of chickens and I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of egg color variation. I have 2 speckled Sussex which lay cream colored/light brown eggs. My 2 red sex links lay brown eggs. My black Australorp and Cuckoo Marans each also lay a slightly different...
I had gotten 2 ten day old Ameraucana chicks back in November and kept them separated from my mixed flock of 6 six month old layers until a few weeks ago. When I introduced the chicks I placed their crate in the coop and kept them there for 2 weeks. I began to integrate them with the older...
Why are my chickens obsessed with pecking us and the kittens in the eyes? They are about 17 weeks old and they don't seem to do it to each other. We love our chicks but don't want to go blind trying to take care of them. How do we stop these little raptors from lunching on our eyeballs!?!?
Just thought I'd say hi. I have been looking up all sorts of helpful chicken info on this site and thought that since I finally have a flock of my own it was time to join.