Hello! We live on three acres that is about 1/4 park like, 1/4 orchard, 1/4 wooded, 1/4 sunny. It has some gulleys and isn’t super level so fencing all three acres would be tricky, but not impossible.
We currently just have chickens that we keep in a run. We have lots of hawks and three small...
I realize I should have posted in here for advice long before now, but alas.
We had a chicken that had begun squeaking a couple weeks ago. She would squeak and shake her head a bit when she was eating. She was also a little raspy when breathing. We checked her crop and it seemed fine. She had...
Hello! This is my first experience with a Broody Hen. She’s a Rhode Island Red and in her own “nursery” area attached to the main run. I put the fertilized buff Orpington eggs under her on July 2 morning, so today- July 21- would be 19 days. We had an intense storm last night with tons of...
Hello there! Our family lives in West Tn on a few acres, mostly wooded. We have 15 hens, including 3 polish in their own coop/run. Other breeds are white leghorn, RI Reds, and Easter eggers. Attempting deep litter permaculture method. Got the birds as chicks in June 22.