One of my chicken, a Buff Orphington (sp?) has decided to set on her eggs. She is not yet a year old, we got her as a chick in first part of March. We have three other Buffs and five three year old Austrolops (sp?), and one rooster (Aussie).
My question is should I let her continue to sit on...
My 12 Australorp chicks are now seven weeks old, and they are beginning to attempt regular breakouts of their brooder (a large refrigerator box). None have escaped the garage, but it won't be long I suspect.
The hen house is just about ready. It is 5 X 10 ft., metal roof, wood panel 4...
My twelve black Australop hens are now 6 weeks old, coop is almost finished. How and when do I transition them to the new hen house?
Do I just move them to the hen house? How old? Is eight weeks good?
I thought I might shut them in the hen house for a week, to get them used to being in...
A while back we got a visiting chicken:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/827123/chicken-visitor#post_12066525
When she (now named Miss Penny) appeared to have decided to stay, we built a small coop:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/834294/visitor-gets-a-coop#post_12257264
Now she has...
We have a visiting chicken, explained in a previous post:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/827123/chicken-visitor#post_12064106
I finally finished her coop. I call it the Chicken palace, and the visiting chicken (named Miss Penny by my wife) is now in residence.
It's pretty big, enough...
We live in South Mississippi. Last week we found a chicken in our backyard. Efforts to find owner have failed so far. I am unable to decide what is the breed. This is the best picture I have been able to get. Any ideas?
My wife and I live in south Mississippi, quite a warm climate. We have large lot in a small coastal town. We are planning to build a chicken coop and order some chicks in March 2014. We can keep about a dozen, mostly for the eggs. The wood for the coop is in the garage and I will be starting...