As I was coming home from school I saw my 6 month old golden retriever standing over my Wyandotte. I know she was just trying to play but I was pissed. I thought the chicken was dead and was taking a picture when suddenly, after the dog had left, it got up and walked away. It was as if the...
Alright so for FFA I had to take 4 of my chickens to my school shop for a petting zoo. Along those four, I chose a black sex link that I had really liked because it was a very calm bird. All day the hen was acting up, trying anything to get out of the coop. My initial thought was that she didn't...
So i recently built a coop from a shed and added a run on to it. I don't know too much about chickens. I have about 30 but half of them are not staying when they are a bit older. I just want advice on what I could be doing better or what I should know about raising chicks because I have no...
I've hear people keep them out of the run by digging down 1 ft and have hardware cloth in the hole then fill it in. I was wondering if you could just have the bottom of the run covered by hardware cloth.
I think i know what breeds I like. The problem is that I only want about 6 chickens for eggs. If you order online, the fees cost more than the actual birds. There was 40 dollars of fees with shipping and a fee for having under 15 chickens.
I want 6-8 chickens. I mainly want them for egg production but maybe one or two bantams. I also want them to be relatively calm. I want more than one breed so if you could, give a few examples. Thanks :)
I want to get chickens to produce eggs and for an FFA project. All the coops I can see online are very small and expensive. Can you give an estimate of what the price would about cost.