I'm still trying to find a good home for our 3 laying hens. I'm hoping to find a home soon, but will wait for the perfect fit.
We have 1 Delaware, 1 RIR, and 1 EasterEgger; all of which are about 2 1/2 yo, lay, and are very tame.
I'm not asking for any money, but want to be certain that...
All 3 of these hens used to me good layers and I believe they still will be, but I no longer can let them free-range the yard. Ever since they were relegated to the pen/coop, egg production went down. I'm thinking that if they had room to move and graze, they'd get right back in the swing of...
3 days ago I adopted a 20 month old EE hen and added her to my small, urban flock of 2 (15 month old RIR and Delaware). The 2 younger birds can't catch a break. The EE is always quick to snap at them and chase them from the food bowl (I've had to add another feeder). My 2 young hens can't...
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We have a Silver Laced Wyandotte roo who needs to find a home where his crowing won't bother the neighbors. Rocco (formerly Roxy, before we found out he was not a she) is 15 weeks old, not aggressive toward humans, is a great protector of our 2 hens and is very pretty. I live in...
12 weeks ago, my family and I picked out 3 hens from the local feed store (RIR, Delaware, and Silver laced Wyndotte). This morning my wife and I were awakened to the teenage "crow" from one of our 3, ahem, hens. They are urban chickens (Kirkland, WA) and my neighbor will not tolerate the early...
Hello All - I've been visiting the site for months (learning about raising urban chickens) and thought it was time to actually become a member now that we have our chicks!
I'm not new to chickens, but it's been 20+ years since I've kept them. My wife, 2 kids, and I decided to convert our old...