hello, all.
I have been gone a while, but I’m back on the forums to ask a question.
Earlier this year, my grandfather got the whole garden planted, but then he threw his back out around the time the squash bloomed. We didn’t expect anything to be out there, so we never checked it.
last...
Hey, guys. I don’t know for sure if this is the right thread to put this in, but I could really use some advice.
My oldest hen, Bertha, suddenly passed today. Sweet girl has been sitting on eggs all week and has been perfectly fine. The rest of the flock is fine. I think she was just ready to...
I keep seeing a weed pop up around my parents’ house and my mum wants it gone. I think it’s chickweed, but I’m new at identifying weeds that are edible (I just moved here last year) to feed my chickens. Could someone look at this picture and tell me if it’s chickweed, and whether or not I can...
This baby is nearly 7 weeks old. All of the siblings from the same hatch have some decent sized waddles and a larger comb with more colour. Any chance this beautiful baby is a hen?
Any advice on the design would be very welcome. Entire build is made of 2x2 pine (and a few 2x3s) and 1/2in hardware cloth.
We will also be making custom coroplast liners for the bottom to keep shavings in, as well as a few other tweaks (like making it shorter, for one lol). Thoughts?
After I...
I inherited a hen, a rooster, and their two babies (both of which are now full-grown roosters). I have been raising up some pullets to join them. I had successfully added an adult hen from my grandfather’s flock over (buff orp), but unfortunatel, she passed from the ungodly heat we had this...
Hello, y’all! My name is Evan and I am a chicken dad, as well as many other animals on the farm :)
1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I acquired my first set of chickens, a grey marans, a game rooster, and their two babies (both of which are boys -_-) about 6 months...