I’m new to chickens. We have 12 hens and a rooster who are nearly 5 months old. Most of the girls have started laying eggs over the last 2 weeks.
we noticed one girl who kept sleeping during the day (and the last two nights) under the nest box (where some girls are currently laying eggs-we are...
Any ideas what type of rooster this is? We ordered a barred rock rooster but he doesn’t seem to look like one? He’s very friendly and we are enjoying him!
Found this dragonfly (seems barely alive, moving a little bit) seemingly embracing what looks like a dead dragonfly on our chicken coop. Just wondering what could be going on here? This is in Wisconsin.
We finally had weather warm enough to get the chicks outside for a bit today (in Wisconsin)! They had a blast and it was such a fun experience interacting with them outside the brooder. How often to folks try to get their little ones out? The weather hasn’t been cooperating but we want to get...
Hello! This is our first time raising chicks! We have 13 total and a variety of breeds (Easter eggers, barred rocks, and some brown ones). All from the same local hatchery delivered to our local feed store.
We brought them home 3 days ago and initially just one had pasty butt and now 2 more...