I would like to do some landscaping around my yard with flowers, but I don't know what my free-range chickens and turkeys will leave alone. I like peonies and lupines, but will they work? Any suggestions?
Hello! About 3 weeks ago I aquired 5 hens and a rooster that were already laying (well, the rooster wasn't laying, hehe). I was hoping to start getting some eggs a few days after I got them settled into my coop, but I havn't gotten one egg yet. They are barnyard mutts, but I think they have...
I apologize if this is a stupid or repeat question, but I'm a newbie to "chickening". I live in NNY and it is around 40-50 deg during the day (but usually rainy and windy), and 30-40 deg at night. My barred rocks are 8 wks old and fully feathered. I have been keeping them in the garage in a...
Hello! I'm excited to have found this forum, a place where I can ask the chicken questions that I just can't find the answers to anywhere else . My husband and I bought 17 two day old barred rock chicks this past valentines day. They were sold to us as all females, but it looks like at least...