Up till now we've had few problems. Out of 5 chickens 2 are laying, they are safe and look healthy. This last week though they are not eating as much? We still get 1 or 2 eggs a day though. I did get layer pellets when the eggs came but also have the old food mixed in. They will eat grass and...
We got our first egg on thursday this week. We're not sure who laid it but I think it was "Sweet Baby Ray". We can't wait till the rest get involved. We'ved gotten an egg everyday since.
We've already found a new home for one rooster we had. We cant have roosters within city limits. These ladies I hope are now about 12 weeks old. These 2 in particular I'm worried about.
Here's another couple pics now that they're a bit older. The grey one has a slow growing redder comb is that for sure a roo? Does the white have some polish in it? these ladies are about 8 weeks.
I might be a guy but I''m a big softy when it comes to my little ladies (human children lol) and these little ladies. Just a quick shot I grabbed this morning before work.
Put the girls in their new home last Sunday. We left them in there till 330pm and opened the door on monday. They eventually came out by gracefully falling/flying (lol). We are leaving the food in the coop with water both in the run and coop. At dusk we placed them one by one on the ramp and...
These girls (I hope) are about 5-6 weeks old. Purchased from my daughters FFA class. We have six total but I believe four different breeds. See if you can help me out to I can read about them.
1. All white seems to be the outcast, not a leader.
2. We have 2 of these. More black than...
We have 6, 6~ week old chicks, one for each member of the family. My 4y/o daughter loves to hold them of course. We've taught her to be gentle and move slow as to not scare them. She always goes to hold hers. Here's where it get interesting. She will eventually catch hers, hold it like a...
Hello everyone! I posted my semi complete coop in the other thread already but it's done enough now to post here. Having chickens was a spur of the moment thing for us. Family of 6. My oldest does FFA and, well we now have backyard chickens! First time for us and we don't farm but live in a...
Short story. We live in suburbia, In a small Midwest town. My daughter participates in FFA And loves it. We are originally from PA on the lake. Anyway her FFA class was selling chicks. I now have 6 chicks in the garage for a week and started my coop and education here, so thanks for all the...