Can anyone tell me the sex of Penny she is a third larger than her/his hatch mates. Also her/him coloring is different. They were bought from Jenks Hatchery, they hatched on July 30th.
Is there anyway to stop a 2 and a half yrs old banty rooster from running my full sized rooster's off. As soon as they 20 weeks he chases them off. Neighbors have Albert and 6 hens thanks to Moe. Oh Moe is Caroline's pet, so culling, killing, giving him away is not an option if I want a happy...
Since I started keeping Chickens I have been mixing 50lbs of Organic scratch grains, 50lbs of Organic layer crumbles, 10lbs of Oyster shell locally sources,as well as food grade diatomaceous earth. Not only fill the feeder that are in the coops, but also scatter it around so they can scratch in...
My hens just turned 18 weeks some of them are laying these tiny eggs. None of my other hens laid such small eggs before. Anyone able to tell me why this is happening?
It all started for 2 yrs and 6 months ago when my better half said she was bringing 4 young roosters home for me to butcher. When she got home she had 4 very small black Banty's. After 6 months we had one survivor Moe. He had become her pet. Next thing you know we had 12 hens, then 30. Now we...
I'm glad to be able join you here on back yard chicken's. I started with 4 little banty roosters. They slowly whittled down to 1. Moe who is Caroline's pet, our 1yr old labs playmate. Have a great video of them playing. Our flock now has reached 54 hens, another Rooster we named him "Herbert"...