I've got 4 hens. Listed below in pecking order from top to bottom.
New Hampshire Red
Speckled Sussex
Dominique
White Cochin
My White Cochin now wants to sit in the nesting box all day. And when I let her out, and the Sussex is out too, the sussex just wants to bully her. And by bully, I mean...
1) What type of bird, age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) - Breed is Dominique. Top chicken in pecking order. Don't know if she's small for her breed. She's one of the two largest of our 5 hens. Age is approximately 5 months. May have just started...
Wondering about the breeds of my chickens.
In the photo, you can see the 4 outside the coop, and the white one inside. The white one I know, it's a cochin (bantam or other, not sure). In fact looking it up is what brought me to this forum!
But the 4 outside the coop - wondering...
There's a...
We've got a coop that's about 1.5m (height) x1m (width) x2.5m (length) (4x3x8). On top taking up about half of the top there's an enclosed roost box, with 2 nesting boxes attached. And there's 1 rafter across the other half of the top. The hens roost on that rafter instead of inside the roosting...
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are new to chickens, but they are fascinating. Better than any TV show to just watch.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? We got 5 chicks in late March. So they are about 13 weeks old now.
(3) What breeds do you...