We have been letting our chicks and hens mingle together for the last few weeks and they have done great except when it comes to bed time... the chicks seem to go in first and get all settled on the roost then when the hens come in the chicks freak out and leave the coop, after about 10 minutes...
We have been letting our chickens free range much more lately and as a result the last few days two of our hens have layed in different areas of the yard. One in particular lays in a bush and so I have kept them contained to the run and coop all day yesterday and this morning. Yesterday there...
Free 8 week old Easter Egger Rooster, wish we could keep him because he is such a great Roo but we only live on 1/3 of an acre and have neighbors so crowing wouldn't be ideal.
We have an 8 week old roo we can't keep and my brother wants to take him but he has a large (25-30) flock of adult chickens.. can he introduce the 8 week old roo to the flock?
We have three 7 week old Easter Eggers, one is a Roo. We just introduced a 6 week old Rhode Island Red and the rooster has been very aggressive.. circling her, pecking her hard. We separated her in a brooder by herself for tonight but is this a normal behavior to assert himself in the pecking...
I had been researching the idea of getting chickens for about a year and always found myself on this site for information, we now have a beautiful coop and run that my husband built and 4 7 week old pullets (2 australorps, 2 plymouth rocks) and everything is going really well so far! Glad to be...