So I purchased a solar light for my 10'x34' chicken run and was wondering if it was ok to put it on dusk to dawn mode. Will the chickens be ok if the light stays on all night? The coop will be dark, but they typically sleep in the run.
We're still new at chicken raising so this was very exciting for us....We got our first five chickens in April and one had been mis-sexed as a pullet. Once Dottie started crowing we changed her name to Dobby and resigned ourselves to having a rooster. Anyway Dobby the barrred rock rooster was...
I have a silver laced sebright pullet and a golden laced cockerel. If they were to breed would I get some of each? Some kind of mix? Is one color likely to be dominant over the other?
We got our flock of bantam chicks, but this little girl was not one we ordered. Plucky, inquisitive little girl and I like her, just curious if anyone can name her breed.
I am aware that there is no way to know but I am curious if I can reach a likely consensus. Here is the scenario. Our friends recently moved to a city that would not allow them to keep chickens and they gifted us with their coop and a 13-hen flock. We knew it was going to be a week or better...
Hello,
My name is Michael and my bride and I have decided to raise chickens on our (in progress) homestead. I found the sample questions to post and figure that's as good a way as any to tell y'all about myself, so here goes:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I am...