I recently acquired two laying hens. One of them has scabs around her comb and her eyes have thick booger like substance coming out of them. Is this usual? Also my other 4 hens are 3 months. What's the best way to introduce them together?
I'm new to owning chickens. I have 2 red sex links 2 australorps and 2 Easter eggers. They are 3 months old. Today I went outside at 5:30am and heard someone crow. I'm almost positive it was one of my red sex links. She's always very vocal and extremely dominate. Have you ever had a crowing hen...
I'm new to having chickens and my wifedidnt want a coop that looked like scraps thrown together so I've been working off and on the past month on my first chicken coop. I'm glad to say it's finally done. Went ahead and put a brinsea chickensafe automatic door on it too. I got the idea from...
I have 4 chicks that are 4 weeks old. I decided to get a a couple more. When I had them al in the brooder the older chicks started to peck at the younger. I separated them. My question is when should I try to incorporate them again?
Here are some pics of their sizes
My name is jonathan. I love in a suburb of New Orleans, La. My wife and I are completely new at having chickens. We stumbled across your site and instantly fell in love.
I found a coop plan from this site and decided to build it. Here's a pic.
It's ;x8. We have 4 chickens. The inside isnt...
I'm new to backyard chickens. My wife and I have been wanting chickens for years. We finally jumped in and bought 4 hens.
I wanted to post a picture of our coop and them you all for such a great resource on this site. I feel like without this site I would be lost. I can't thank you enough...