Our lessons this year!
This year we tried chicks for the first time. A friend of ours had given us a brood of bantams whose mother had been killed b a hawk but they were about a month old. All but one ended up being roo's so they are gone. We got 12 pullets from TSC and had them in a giant...
Today we finished their new house and installed in ground pool. ($7.48 at Walmart) everything was good to go and we put our 2 ducks in the run. We had 7 bantam mixes about 16 weeks old, 4 hens of various years, and a 3 year old banty roo. The little bantys charged and attacked both ducks, it...
A little time lapse. Our chicks are a little over 4 weeks, the pekins are a little over 3 weeks. I think in a week or two the chicks may join the others in the coop. We have a small older flock and some bantam adolescents.
Hello everyone, this is Chris and Becky from South Kingstown RI. We have had our little flock for about 4 months and have had a blast and learned a lot. They are free to us chickens from a friend. We have 2 that I believe are a RIR and RI White. The other 3 hens are a back yard mix I think...
Hello all, I have been scouring over the threads for a while now. I have a mixed flock of 6 (became 5 this morning). I am new and have had a flock of free to me's for about 4 months now. I love these guys!! I do know I have 1 RIR pure and what I think is a white (she is all white and plump)...