OK, so we've had our hens now for 5 weeks (they were said to be 4-5 months when we bought them) and after losing three to a respiratory illness, nursing one back from said illness and treating all with Tylan we FINALLY got our first egg today. It was outside of the coop, on the ground and was...
OK, so I'm new to chickens however I spent ALOT of time prior to getting chickens on researching what I needed to do, how to best care for them, etc. Two weeks ago I bought 12 chickens from one chicken farmer. Having never bought chickens I didn't know what criteria to have and quite honestly...
This is my first time posting and first time to own chickens. I got 12 chickens from one farm and was told that all were about 5-6 months of age. I have 4 Australorpe, 4 BR, and 4 RIR. We've had them now for almost a week. We were told that some were laying but he wasn't sure which ones...