Will our chickens survive the winter. . .?
(Brace yourselves) --- it turns out ~ They CAN -and- They WILL !!
Despite our efforts and desire to control everything,
“chickens” are able to survive the winter months.
Truth is, chickens are VERY well equipped to keep themselves warm
(because)...
Just received 5 new hens. (Rhode Island reds..?) It's hard to tell, they are sort of young, maybe 4 mos.)
They were a sort of a rescue🚨 from someone who had WAY too many crammed into too small of a coop:barnie
They are missing a good deal of feathers around the neck area, down their backs and...
We live in Missouri out in the country-side. Our coop (used to be) enclosed, with a chicken yard approx 12 x 18 feet or so
with the yard being 6 foot high and open topped. This worked fine for a couple of years and then in 3 separate predator strikes,
we were hit and took casualties. Twice by...