I got 10 new chicks, and 4 new ducks, and they have been staying in my garage for the past few weeks. They are about 4 weeks old, and they are making a mess of my garage. I need to move them to the coop, where there are 6 grown chickens. Does anyone have any suggestions of what to do? I am going...
I went to check on my chickens this morning ,and I saw a pile of blood and feathers outside of the coop. So, I ran inside and didn't see anything wrong with any of the chickens. So later on I went and let them outside and I noticed one of them limping. I soon realize that he has no foot. His...
Is a 10x10 coop big enough for 25 chickens? I tried to do the math, but not sure if I'm correct. Here's my math... 2x2 space for chicken. So a 10x2 would be big enough for 5 chickens. Therefore a 10x10 coop is 100 feet and 100/25=4 feet which is 2x2 feet of space. Am I right? Or am I off?
I have three roosters that are about 8-9 weeks old. One is a golden sebright, one is a silver sebright, and I don't know what the other is. I live in the Tennessee- Arkansas area. I'm not delivering them. So, we would have to meet up somewhere. PM if you are interested in them.
I have seven week old chicks (7 of them) ,and I got 5 three week old chicks today. I was wondering when it would be safe to put them in the coop together? Right now the older ones are in the coop, and I have the others in the brooder in the garage. I was also wondering how much heat a chicken...
I have 7 chickens that are six weeks old. They are eating Dumor Chicken Starter/ Grower. I am planning on getting some more chickens that are about 5 months old and laying. I heard that you were suppose to be feeding them layer food. But how am I going to keep that separate from the chicken...
I have 7 chickens that are 6 weeks old. I am getting 3-4 more pullets that are already about 5 months old and laying. Does anyone have any tips about how to introduce the older ones to the newer ones?
Hello. My name is Madison and I am new to owning chickens. I have 7 chickens that are about 6 weeks old. They have all been getting along fine, but yesterday when I went in the coop ( which is a giant shed big enough to hold about 30 big chickens) ,I saw one chicken hiding in a corner while...
I have 7 chickens total right now, but I am thinking that about 4 are roosters. Where I live, I am not allowed to have roosters, so I am giving them to my friend that lives out of city limits ,and they are allowed to have chickens. So I am thinking about ordering 10 pullets. Does anyone know a...
Hey. My name is Madison ,and I am new to Backyard Chicken. I have a few questions.
1. How loud will a rooster be?
2. How loud will a flock of 20 hens be?
3. Is it okay to have more than one rooster?
4. I am thinking about getting some Easter Eggers (females). If you have any information...
Hey. I am new to raising chickens. This chicken is about 6 weeks old. Does anyone know if it's a male or female? And does anyone know the breed or type of chicken?