I am totally new to raising chickens so this may be a silly question, but are chickens extremely social animals? My chickens are 24 weeks and we have raised them since they were chicks. Here is why I ask my question:
1. My EE starts squawking at around 7am. Sounds like a car alarm, rhythmic...
Please tell me she is a she. This morning she sort of went off like an alarm. Cawing every few seconds or so. Totally not okay in suburbia. I went out to see if there was a oredator and I couldn't see anything. Another of our hens was In the coop practicing her squat (not laying but hanging out...
We are new to raising chickens. Please confirm if neither of these are roosters. I don't think they are but I need to put my husband and daughter minds at rest that they both hens. We're concerned mostly about the whiter one.
I am new to raising chickens. We have an ameraucana and 2 gold sexlinks. They are only 6 weeks old. We just moved them to a run. They have a feeder for their crumbles. Now I'm starting to give them left over veggies from our meals/garden. I was wondering do people put their scraps in a different...