I have to rehome our flock of hens before winter , due to changes in our situation. They are all healthy, there's 14 hens I think, plus a guinea hen and rooster. These are as pets only, NOT for EATING. you should have a home/run setup that you can share a photo of so I can verify they are going...
We were interested in bringing a couple hens to the fair. In CT i know we have to have Salmonella pullorum test within the last year. But i cant find any info on completing that test, I have sent emails to the fairs but never got responces. So its $60 to $90 just to walk in any vets office...
I have 3 roosters, 1 year old this spring. free to a good home who wont serve them up for dinner.
There's 2 buff orpingtons and 1 sexlink. At least 2 were sold as pullets - but a surprise when they started crowing, now they are loving on my hens , and scratchin em up, maybe it wouldnt be so bad...
I purchased this chick as a assorted red pullet , its the bird in the first picture that im kinda questioning if its a pullet - the second picture shows the same bird along with another i purchased at the same time- (same age) thats also suppose to be a pullet and as you can see its comb is...
I purchased this chick as assorted reds , while a few are much darker and look like the common RIR, i have a couple that are much lighter colored. The bird in this pic is about 6 weeks old and i think more resembles a buff orpington, but i know reds come in different varieties and colors . So...
New at this, just starting on the coop now, it will be 3 weeks before my chicks can go out. so there's time to tweek.
the coop is going to be 6'x4' , about 4' high. I'm in northern CT, we often has below zero nights in the winter.
Keeping reds and bantams (variety not yet known).
At this point...
Just got small flock, they are still to young to go out but we will be building a coop over the next couple of weeks.
We live in winsted CT, just wondering if anyone happens to know about laws here??
I only have a half acre in a suburban neighborhood, were going to put the coop further back...