I purchased 6 Araucana chicks from my local, reputable Ace Hardware. They are about 4 1/2 weeks old. I was told they were all hens. But I have tail feathers growing out and I am concerned half are Roosters.
What pictures do you need to help me figure out what they are?? Head shots, legs...
One of my three BSL hens won't lay eggs and she just sits in the dirt. If I go out to the coop, she is just as curious as the other two and pecks and scratches, but when I leave, she just lays down. She was the hen that my RIR rooster mounted the most before I sent him to a new owner.
Anyone...
I have not found anything telling me when to integrate my chicks into my small flock of 3 hens. My Araucana's, 6 of them, are around 3 1/2 weeks old. They are starting to feather. For the past 2 weeks, I have been putting the chicks in the coop, in a fenced off section, with my 3 black sex link...
All I have seen concerning hatching out eggs is using an incubator. Would it be better to just let the hen set on them and see if they hatch on their own? I have 3 Black Sex link hens and 1 rooster and he is Casanova. He mounted them at least 2 times each today, so I don't think fertility will...
I just picked up 3 black sex (?) hens and a rooster. This is an established group. The owner had to move and she had to give up her chickens. I have spent $700 building a 12 X 20 run and a 6 X 6 house. When I picked them up this evening, 2 of the hens are missing feathers on their backs. One of...
Here is a brief outline of what I am attempting. Pen is 21' X 12' X 7' (H). The house will be 5'9" X 5'9", roughly 5' tall. I have several rolls of fencing, 2" X 4" openings that I intend to completely enclose the pen with, including top. I was going to completely encclose it in chicken wire...