I had two chickens. Yes, just two. Small yard.
About a week and a half ago here in MN the heat index got up to around 115 degrees. When one of our hens went into lay, she never came back out. She seemed to be the dominant bird - the one that died I mean. Now our other hen won't go back into...
Greetings all. This is my very first post other than the introduction page. My name is Ben, I live in Minneapolis, MN and my wife and I just got some chicks about 5 weeks ago. They were supposed to be a week old at the time. We'd ordered a Rhode Island Red, but when we got there they said they...
Greetings all.
My wife and I just started with chickens in the Minneapolis area.
Hoping to make some contacts on here with chicken raisers in similar environments. I don't want to lose anyone the very first winter!