I want to build a new chicken compound. Right now, I'm using two 10x10x6' dog kennels and another 16x16x8' run that I built for my birds. Each pen gets to come out and free range for a few days, then they get put up and the next pen gets to come out. I have decided that I want to focus on three...
What do you get when you mix a blue laced red Wyandotte with a red sex link? Or is it just a mutt? I'm trying to hatch a couple out in my new incubator and am curious what to call them when they hatch.
I have a 3 week old chick that I just cut the leg band off of. I just noticed he had some swelling around his foot and saw that the band hadn't popped off. The band had grown his leg partway around. There was a little blood, and he's hobbling around now. Do I need to treat his little wound with...
I used to have some chickens, but I moved and had to give them to my friend. I'm in a position now to have chickens again, and she still has some of my old birds. I want some like them, but she's not set up to hatch out a clutch. She said I could borrow a roo and hen to "make" my own. It's a...