I have two Australorps, about 21 months old and laying well, and added two 11-week-old pullets to the coop about a week ago. The youngsters seem to be kicking all of the straw out of the nest boxes every day so the hens have to lay on bare wood. Any suggestions on this?
The pullets also seem...
I'd love to hear an experienced person's opinion of the sex of my 9-week-old Blue Jersey Giant and Cuckoo Maran (mostly the Maran...I'm pretty sure the Jersey is a pullet). Thanks!
...after I got rid of the 9-week cockerel. I've read that this is normal...but will she ever stop? She's a Cuckoo Maran and is housed with a Jersey Giant pullet of the same age. I'm gradually introducing them to my 2 Australorp hens who are about 19 months old and plan to put them all...
I'm new to chickens and have 2 Australorp hens (about 1.5 years old) and 3 chicks (7 weeks old, 2 pullets, 1 cockerel). So far, I've been putting the chicks out in a small enclosure during the day and bringing them in at night. I am going to be gone for the weekend and am wondering if it might...
I have 1 young rooster from breeder stock available for sale or possible trade. Hatched 3/12/09, brooded indoors, handled twice daily, getting some outside time every day for about 2 weeks. He is a Cuckoo Maran with feathered legs.
I'd like $15 but am flexible because I really just want a...
Hi,
I'm almost 6 weeks into this chicken-keeping business and fully hooked! I adopted two Australorp hens (about 1.5 years old) and also picked up four chicks from a breeder (feather-legged Cuckoo Marans and Jersey Giants) and ended up with a pair of each breed.
Is there anything better...