I have five chickens that live in a coop and five chickens that refuse to go in a coop. Three of them have never even been in a coop before and just sleep in a tree in the backyard even when it's raining and snowing. The other two are smarter and sleep on my porch. The five in the coop I just...
I have seven day old chicks and I never raised chicks at this time of year. Should I slowly start lowering the temperature in the brooder to prepare them for the colder temperature outside? If so, at what age and how much should I lower it at a time?
I have a game rooster so he's pretty mean. I don't even let him out of the coop because when he gets out, he tries to fight with my neighbors chickens. I keep the coop open so the hen can go in and out as she wants but his wings are clipped so he can't get out. But he's so mean that my hen...
I started out with three chicks I hatched from eggs last summer. I'm not too sure what breed of chicken they are because they're mixed breeds but I was told they're game chickens. I had two roosters and a hen. The hen is very sweet and love attention but the roosters were jerks. Over the winter...