I am at a complete loss. I have discussed our situation with our feed store, a poultry major from TX A&M and now her professor. I am still scratching my head and would love some feedback.
Our string of dead birds stared several weeks ago with a hen who was attacked by a hawk and 3 crows. Its...
Hello We have been having a HUGE depletion in our egg count all summer... its TX so I get the heat, but we have gone from nearly a dozen a day this time last year to the following this past week:
Sep 8th- 4 eggs
Sep 9th- 3
Sep 10th- 0
Sep 11th- 1
Sep 12th- 0
Sep 13th- 0
Today we had 1 :(
They...
Hello guys
We have been having some trouble keeping our feathered friends in the chicken yard, its like chicken run part 2 :)
The chicken yard is nearly half an acre, the fence is 4ft. They all have clipped wings but this does not seem to be an issue to our polish and orpington roosters. Any...
we are crazy excited... we got our first egg yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so thrilled and praised the laddies for a job well done, wish i knew who it was but I could not be more pleased :)
I dont even know if this is truly an issue. I feel like I am asking lots of dumb questions, so please forgive me. The ladies like to roost atop the nesting box, which looks harrowing. They also like the chest freezer and a shelf above it. we have a nice roost, at least I think its nice, but alas...
I know this one is a golden laced wyandotte
but the 2 below i have been told conflicting things... any help would be so greatly appreciated!
these reds, we have 4 of, varying in saturation of color... is that normal?
this one is VERY scrappy and not afraid to use her sharp feet :)
we were gifted 6 hens today by a very dear friend! our little flock has started!!! the rest will be here in the fall!
these ladies are kinda goofy, we went out tonight and they were all sitting on top of one another while on top of a chest freezer
(thats where i am storing their feed.... maybe...
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I am in the planning stages of our very first flock and wondering what breeds would be considered kiddo friendly. I have five little people who are all very excited about the future additions to our farm. They are good and well behaved so I know they will be well mannered around the...
just saying hi, new to the boards.
a bit new to chickens too.
i raised one round of broilers for the fair a million years ago, but not sure how much of that was retained :)
we just recently moved and finally have enough land to live out our dream of a small farm! and as soon as things dry out...