I'm still reading through the topic in the forum on winter advice for a newbie. From everything i've read so far birds are pretty hardy and if you don't give them heat they will acclimatize to the cold. We live in Poland (think climate like Canada), but our city is a bit of a microclimate and...
i'm pretty new here, but our chickens just started laying today! ok, one chicken laid one egg ~ but hey it's a start! i think we want to do winter lighting and realize we need to get on it as the days are already quite short here in europe. their coop is very small and i'm worried about a...
(1) We just got our first flock today!
(2) 8 hens
(3) Part of what i'm trying to find out, but my best guesses are
- 3 Columbian Rock
- 2 Black Rock
- 1 Barred Rock
- 2 Messa (that's what the guy i got them from called them but can't find anything about the breed...