Let me start by saying, I've only had chickens less than a year, so I'm still learning.
I started with one RIR hen, Henrietta, that was in a coop by herself. She was given to me because she was being mean to my friend's kids and she just didn't want her anymore. She will charge at me sometimes...
Let's start with some background info.
I have one coop that was on my property when I bought it. It's about an 8ft x 8ft enclosure and we added 6 nesting boxes to it.
I bought 3 pullets (about 15-20 weeks per hatchery) and put them in there.
There is Dottie the SLW, Agnes the Australorpe...
Well, I'm new here, and I'm new to chickens also. I recently bought a house on 2 acres that happened to have a large chicken coop already built. A good friend of mine asked if I wanted her Rhode Island Red hen since the kids had lost interest and she said she had too many eggs to eat. I gladly...