I live in rural Turkey and usually have 15-25 chooks wandering our land (citrus farm) and beyond where it is long grass, more fruit trees etc...
They all roost in trees near our dog and are fed barley in the morning, but other than that, they are left to nature. This week, one chook died, and...
I started my chook adventures just a few months ago, so it's all a bit bizarre still for us.
We have a 7000m2 citrus fruit orchard in South West Turkey, so got the chickens to keep the scorpions at bay, and for some eggs. Glad to say, they are doing both jobs satisfactorily.
However, what a...
My little black hen is a grumpy little thing. She is one of those that squawks like a nutter whenever you go within 3 metres of her (nothing new, she's always been like it).
She sat on 7 eggs, 4 hatched ok and are now 2 weeks old, 1 never hatched (looked to be 2/3rds grown) and 1 hatched late...