I have a female 1 year old barred rock. She started acting a bit strange. She will stand all alone and watch the other chickens. She will have her feathers all riled up. She dose not seem to be eating or drinking. Her eyes and comb are normal. I read that she could be egg bound so we checked...
Hi I am new to chicken raising. And today our first egg showed up. Now our chicken who laid the egg is 4 months old on Monday. This seems a little young. So the nesting boxes aren’t open. Any tips to help us with this new step in there life. We are going to open the boxes today.
Her breed is a...
Hi I am new to chicken keeping. I currently have 6 chickens and one of them I was sure is a roster. But he had been recently squatting when I walk by. I did look it up. And it said that this is the mating position for hens. So can a roster do this. He is almost 4 month and hasn’t started Crowing...
This is our 6 week old Rhode Island Red. We are new to chicken keeping and don’t know how to sex’s them. So is this chicken a boy or a girl ( all picks are the same chicken)
Hi this is our barred rock. They are 6 weeks old. ( all pick are the same chicken) I only have 1 barred rock so I can’t compare coloring. We think that he is a rooster but need to be sure
My chickens or 6 weeks old and they are still in side. The cool temperature is at 70F. I don’t think they can go out side right now because it get down to 10F at night but I have no way to keep them safe out side during the day. So they are in side 24/7. What should I do any tips?
I have 6 chickens going into the 6th week of life and I wanted to know if I can give them bread. We have a sourdough bread and wanted to make sure that it was okay for them to eat?