ok so this is going to seem like a strange question. i have a chicken that looks like a rooster. everyone says he’s a rooster, he has spurs etc, BUT he acts like a hen. it feels wrong to give him a male gendered names, does anyone have experience with this? im worried he identifies more as a hen...
This is my coop. we have 11 chickens, but want to get 9 more. we free range them during the day, and the dimensions of the coop box (the wooden part) is 6x4 feet, and the built in run attached is 6x12 feet. Could we keep 20 chickens in here?
We have 11 chickens in a coop/run (there is a coop and a run enclosure around it) that is 80 square feet. how many chickens could we fit in there if we wanted to get more?
were considering getting around 2 guineas because we heard that they will alert if a predator is near chickens. just how loud are they? do we keep them with chicken, or do they sleep outside? do we need more than two? are they loud even when not alerting? can they be placed in runs with...
we ordered all hens. (from cackle hatchery) theyre around 3 and a half weeks old and one of them turned out to be a rooster. is this one also a rooster? its lighter than the others, shorter tail, and is picking fights with the others. is it possible for them to sent us that many roosters when we...
we have 11 chickens, around 3 and a half weeks old. the temperature here currently are about 78-87 as the highs in the day, and 57-67 at night. theyre almost fully feathered except on the head and neck. would it be possible to put them in their outdoor coop even at night yet? what if we hung a...
their all supposed to be hens but this one looks a little like a rooster. they're 3 weeks old this is the only one that really has a comb so far. The pictures are of the chicken and then it next to the other one of its breed.