My neighbor bought 36 chickens ranging from 3 days to 4-5 months about 3 weeks ago at an auction. They brought them home and put the 8 -3 day old chicks in their garage and the older chickens they placed directly in with their flock. Mistake, I know. Within days their prior 30+ pullets and 2...
OK...I have 3 -26 week old Barred Rock Cockrels. They are really gentle and quite tame. They have begun to seek out and try to mate with a 17 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte. They have BR two females with which they "hook up" but they seem to enjoy tormenting the poor little SLW. She hides...
I'm Tina...Owner of Elvis. Elvis is my 11 Week Old Plymouth Barred Rock. I'm new to raising chickens though I've raised parakeets most of my life. I wanted fresh eggs so I bought chicks and am building a coop. Backwards I know. Now I have 6 Barred Rocks, (4 were roos even though they were...