I am new to raising chickens. My three girls are 5 months old and have not laid an egg yet. This morning Maude will not free range with the other two. She was by herself at the far end of the yard and seemed to be searching for a place to "get away". I put her back in the coop and left her...
My Prudy went over the fence today into the neighbors yard. Tried to entice Maude and Dixie to go too but I caught them in mid flight. They are 4 months old and getting bored in the free ranging. Neighbors were nice enough with helping get her back but I don't want to do this all the time. I...
I am new to the chicken raising society and looking forward to the adventure. My baby chicks will be delivered in about a week. We live in a residential neighborhood and roosters are not tolerated by neighbors or allowed by ordinance.
So if we end up with a couple of unexpected...