My 2 two year old chickens have free ranged their lives in my large protected backyard. I'm being forced to move to an apartment. I have found a good home for them, but it is coop living only with several other chickens. My question/concern is this type of radical change very hard on...
My 18 month old hen attacked me out of the blue. I just have 2 chickens, raised from chicks, there like my pets, free range in backyard, wander in the house sometimes. So she is very used to me. I was just filling the water bowl for them, they were watching me and she attacked my leg and...
My 2 chickens that I've raised from chicks, have always returned to their roost/hutch to sleep. They free range in my protected back yard. The last 2 nights they refuse to go to their roost, just preferring to hang on the back porch. I cannot understand such drastic change in their behaviour...
First year chicken owner. Rainy season has hit California, so I keep my coop door open during the day so my girls can get out of the rain as they free range in my backyard. Wild sparrows are coming into the coop in droves and eating the feed. My concern is them spreading disease to my hens...
I have a brown leghorn, Louise, who is 22 weeks old and no eggs yet...Am I being too impatient? She has been on layer feed since 16 weeks, free range and is happy and healthy...she did a bit of a egg song last week, but still nothing. There are wonderful private spots throughout the yard, plus...
My 2 chickens are now 18 weeks, I got them at 2 days old. I have found the info on this page to be SO helpful in this fun journey so thank you! They free range in my backyard and go into their coop by themselves every evening at exactly 7:45 pm. Louise is a Brown Leghorn & T 2 is a...