I just got two ducks that are now mixed in with my 10 chickens but i cant seem to get them to go into the coop at night. The coop has a ramp that goes up so im guessing that may not be able to even get up there. The problem is, i keep the food in there so it doesnt get ruined which means they...
So i recently got a flock of 8 pullets they are probably around 12-16 weeks old right now. I then got two cream legbars. they are probably 7-8 weeks old. since i got them later, the pecking order had been established and i was and still is trying to get them into the flock. So today, I relized...
i just bought 8 chickens, a barred rock, easter egger, faverolles, wyandotte, brahma, sussex, australarp, and sex link. I was going to get some ducks but the lady that i was going to buy them from lost 15 ducks and lots of her chickens. some wandered off and some were killed by a dog. since i...
im planning on getting a sex link, easter egger, sussex, hamburg, wyandotte, polish, barred rock and a bantam brahma. Will the brahma be picked on a lot. its the only bantam in the flock.
So i love how the Polish look, they make me laugh and ive heard that they are very friendly. i really want to get one but ive heard some mixed messages on thier egg production. google says they lay about 200 a year, some people have said they lay almost every day in the summer and not at all in...
so my existing chickens are getting old so its about time for a new flock i currently have 4 orpingtons but i want to change it up. im looking at barred rocks, welsummers, barnevelders, sussexes, wyandottes, easter eggers, red sex links and australorps. which six of these breeds should i get. im...
so im concidering having a flock consisting of an easter egger, a barred rock, a goldenlaced wyandotte, and austrolarp, a speckled sussex, and a buff orpington. would this work or will some of these breeds pick of the others.
i just got hens and one of them has a spot near her rear end where there are missing feathers and mud and dirt has been clumping the feathers together even rocks have hardened on them it took the rocks out but there is still this spot. does anyone know what i should do about this.