Hi all! We have had chickens for about four years. Last week for the first time, something has managed to burrow into the coop. A neighbor suggested a cement floor, but I worry about the chickens landing when they fly down from the perch. Any simple, safe and effective way to secure a room...
So, I have read so many threads about roosters here that I am afraid the advice I get will be to cull, cull, and cull again. But, being hopeful, I thought I would ask again...just in case.
Our flock was two Silkey roosters, one cuchin lady, two Americuna ladies, two buff Orpington ladies, all...
Here are three of our newly hatched baby peepers. The light one is Silkey/Rhode Island Red. The two little black ones are Silkey and Cochin. Our two roosters are both Silkey (were supposed to be female...darn person we got them from), and the rest of our flock includes two Americuna, two Buff...
So, when the farm got chickens, I was working overseas, and did not have much to do with design and planning. Now that I am back, and have been reading a ton about what ya'll do with your chickens, I am adapting things in the coop.
We used to use straw, but I thought it needed changed more...
i have read a lot about the coop with babies and no mamas...and a few posts about the babies with mamas, so I am getting ready to move at least one mama with her three chickies into a separate space in the coop. Based on what I have read, mama should keep the little peepers plenty warm. (And...
Here is Jo with three of her chickadoodles. Jo is RIR and Silkey mix. Our rooster is Silkey. Dapple Doodlebug is our Cochin who has two little black peepers. Their papa is our Little Man Silkey. I do not have a good photo of her two yet. There are six more eggs to hatch. I think the...
Greetings, all!
One of our Cochins did not leave the coop two days ago. When I checked on her, she was sitting on the ground. It is cold out, so I figured she was just waking up slowly. When I checked later she was in a nesting box to lay her egg.
Yesterday, she did not leave the coop...