I have a cockerel, he is a Rhode Island Red. We got him about 6 months ago when he was still a chick. I have read online that cockerels starts crowing at some time about 6 to 8 weeks. He hasn't crow yet, hasn't even started making weird noises yet. Because where I live, the city doesn't allow us...
I started raising my backyard chickens last year, I first bought 3 little chicks from my local Orscheln Farm & Home center ( We just bought three more baby chicks there too). The girls are now about 1 years old. I've got an Ameraucanas (we think) named Poky and a buff orphington named Yellowly...
Hi! So I really want to start a mealworm farm for my chickens. But I don't know how to get started. In my area right now it is fall near winter now so it is quite chilly outside about 40 degree F to the highest and to 30 degree F to the lowest. I don't know if I should buy them in the mail now...
One of my chickens has turned out to be boy, his name is Becky. Becky is a Bared Plymouth Rock, he is about 18 weeks old now and is also a very protective of his flock. I live in Lincoln NE that does not allow roosters and I also live next to a church and a high school which will make the mater...
Hi, so today I went outside to lock up the chickens and also check on the nesting box curtain I just put up this morning, both of my hens are already up inside the coop which was normal and I also picked up my roo up to go inside the coop so I can lock the doors. All of that were very normal...
Hello, it is the summer and in my state the temperature can get up to 100 degree F. I have notice my chicken beginning to pant and spreading their wings away from their bodies even at night. Are there ways that I can help my chicken beat the summer heat?
Also I have put a homemade no crow collar...
Hi, I have a roo that is about 12 weeks old, I got him on accident and he was supposed to be a hen but turns out he was a boy. Today, while I was watching them roam in my garden when i heard a noise from one of my hens, I came to see my roo sitting on one of my hen. I of course already knew that...
Hi, I'm Annie.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes I am very new to chicken, I have just started in the beginning of this year.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have 3 chickens and one of them is mistakenly a rooster.
(3) What breeds do you have...