Free to a good home. Two Buckeye roos. Approximately 6 mos. old. Located in Wilmington, OH 45177. Local pickup only.
The attached picture is from early November, I can take a more recent one if there is interest. Obviously only the two roos on the far right and far left are included here -...
First the pic - am I right in assuming the these two Buckeyes with big tail feathers are roos? The one in the middle looking away is the third that I'm fairly confident is a hen.
Secondly, since introducing these 3 Buckeyes (initially from a built-in pen in the coop and now fully integrated)...
Long story short - We originally ordered (5) Buffs, (5) S.L. Wyandottes, and (5) Araucanas. We ended up getting 16 in the mail. This odd one out has long been a mystery but we assumed based on her looks she was a Leghorn or something similar.
Due to The Great Chicken Tragedy of '09 we are now...
So we live in southwest Ohio where it can get below 0 in the winter and up to the upper 90's in the summer (with ~90% humidity as well).
I'm trying to finalize my coop design and I've currently got 1/2" T1-11 exterior sheathing with fiberglass insulation and luan or showerboard planned on the...
We ordered 15 pullets from Townline and got 16 all alive and apparently healthly in the mail last week.
I though I read somewhere that they may add in a cockrel to help keep the girls warm if it was still cold out. Is that true? How can one little cockrel help keep the 15 other equally small...