If you let new chicks mix with flock, what do they eat?
No way to keep other hens from starter food?
Change feed to “All Flock” put calcium on the side?
Leave chicks in the brooder with mother?
Brooder about 2’ off of the ground with ladder entrance.
Be the first time hatching chicks with...
Sometimes so much info on here that it is impossible to find the exact answer from the great experts here on BYC. My query, New coop 16 X 10 with an attached chain link run 16 X 30. If I place the food and water inside some will inevitably get spilled, bring in rodents? Placing outside in the...
You walk in find a good hen half eaten, breaks your heart. Gonna fortify this pen like Fort Knox, things go along great for 9 months, you walk out to let the girls free range like you do every morning, look around one of your great buff orphingtons half eaten no idea how the thing got in. So off...
How is it most of us are never satisfied, whenever there is an opportunity to add we do it? Looking forward to the end of this virus crap, where a show happens so can buy more 😂 Don’t favor getting day old chicks or buying from Tractor supply as usually get a rooster or two. Don’t like roosters...
Introducing 3 40 day old black austrlorp hens to the existing 3 hen flock hens were curious for about 5 minutes the went about their business. squirrel more interested than hens.
Got these 5 young hens from a local farmer, I am not smart enough to tell if they are RI Reds or another breed. Is picture good enough or do I need to show more of the head? Thanks for the help, Phil
I now have eight two year old black sex link hens, just acquired a great looking RIR one year old rooster. What could I expect if I should be lucky enough to get new babies out of this union. All went great when I introduced him to the hens.
Couple of little squabbles, was very quickly sorted...
Simply scrape it up with a flat shovel everyday no big deal throw it over the fence. My 12 hens free range over an acre on my farm. they always go to the coop to lay and always put themselves up at night. Now if I could train them to bring me the eggs all would be good. LOL
Caught on opossum in a havaheart trap. Took it off a couple of miles now there is another that got in the henhouse, ate one of my nine week old babies. I have been working for two days to opossum proof every little nook and cranny that he could possibly get into including fencing in the roof of...
Hi, from the beautiful NE Georgia mountains (Blairsville). Thought a good time to start joining and contributing instead of being an anonymous browser. Although I have had chickens of and on for a couple of years I am still so wet behind the ears that my head is under water.
I have already...