I've had chickens in several different locations on my property over the last few years, and 3 years ago moved them into their final home, which is a raised coop off the back of a shed, with an automatic door opener, motion activated lights, and a fully fenced run (chicken wire over 2x4 inch...
I got these girls a couple of months ago from a friend who couldn't remember what kinds of chicks she had bought. Now that they are all laying, I thought this group could help me ID them. The first picture is of the eggs they are laying, and the rest are several pictures of the birds, labeled to...
I got 6 chicks (supposed to be pullets - ha!) in March and moved them into the outdoor pen in June before we went on a 4 week vacation. The first morning back, we heard a feeble rooster call (I already have one rooster already, and it wasn't him!) I haven't been able to catch him in the act to...
Hi, my name is Peggy and I live in southeastern Pennsylvania.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I'm 5 years into my second stint of chickens. The first was over 20 years ago when my daughter brought home chicks from her second grade classroom. They grew to 4-5 hens...