I have a cuckoo maran, about a year old. She went broody a few days ago. She is in a pen with 15 other girls and a roo. She had a nice clutch of eggs and after a couple of days got off of those and set on
fresh eggs. Today she did the same thing, left her clutch and set on fresh ones. I picked...
A few weeks ago I lost my beautiful young rooster to a dog. He was managing 10 girls. I have another rooster who has been minding 5 girls.
After about 2 weeks the remaining rooster noticed there were no other guys around and decided he would add the 10 to his 5. However, the 5 are a year...
I live in a semi rural area in Northern KY. In April I got my first chicks. Most of the guys went to freezer camp. I am down to 6 hens and a rooster. They are a beautiful mixed lot. I could spend hours just watching them. They can be quite quirky.
We built a chicken tractor to start with and...