I have a flock of six, three Rhode Island Reds and three Buff Orpingtons. I want to add three or four more young adults this fall. How do I go about introducing the new hens?
Will the new chickens eventually be accepted into my existing flock?
Is there anything I should do to ensure minimal...
My chickens free range, but at night they are locked in their coop. Their coop is as predictor proof as you can get but I have a significant mice problem.
I am not afraid or against mice per say, but they leave their poop in my chicken’s feed and I worry about diseases from that.
Should I be...
(1) I am new to chickens. I got my first chickens as babies last March.
(2) I have six chicken
(3) Three are Buff Orphingtons and three are Rhode Island Reds
(4) I love these chickens. They come when I call them. They let me pet them and pick them up.
(5) I also have six Nigerian Dwarf...