I have some older laying hens that I'd like to rehome in order to make room for younger birds. They still lay a couple of times a week.
"Rosie" - Black Australorp
"Mary and Martha" - Lavender Orpingtons
"Gertrude" - Red Sex Link
"Pepper" - Easter Egger (lays blue eggs)
We are located in...
Hi there! I have 4 hens for sale. They will all be 2 in April and have all gone through their first molt (the lavenders have just regrown feathers). They all have lovely, calm temperaments. Making room for some new babies this spring.
White Easter Egger - "Pepper"
Black Australorp - "Rosie"...
This is our brown (not sure if she's a true chocolate or not) orpington, Sam. She's 18 months old and is continuously broody. If you want a broody orpington she's your girl. $5 OBO
We're located in upper MD, I can drop her off if need be and reasonable driving distance.
We have an all in one coop and run. The run is all hardware cloth and completely secure. The coop has a door and I have been closing it after they go in at night and going out there when I wake up to let them out. I didn't last night because it was thunderstorming and I didn't want to go out in...
Here's what we have so far, we're making a modified version of https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/the-triple-c-the-crouches-chicken-coop
We liked this one because we're building on slate and we couldn't dig down to make a foundation.
Here's the start, just a box!
Frame
Roof + dog...
Lavender 1 - "Murphy" - Male? Sorry I couldn't get it standing, it was a sleepy chick
Lavender 2 - "Martha" - ???
Lavender 3 - "Mary" - Female?
Brown - "Sam" - Female?
Is it advisable to keep a rooster if you only have 5 hens? We have 6 birds and a couple that I suspect of being male, but the breeder has said that if we get males we are free to bring them back and exchange them for females. DH and I kind of want a rooster for flock protection and breeding...
These orpingtons were all hatched a week ago, any guesses as to sexes? I know it's hard at a week but just for fun
Lavender 1
Lavender 2
Lavender 3 (I suspect this one might be a male)
Brown (not sure about this one)
Lavender 3 and Brown have been...
Hello everyone!
I'm Dreysander and I'm from Northern Maryland. We're currently being dumped on by snow at the moment. I figure I may as well answer the sample questions:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? : I'm not new to chickens, growing up my family kept...