We were wondering if anyone had ever seen a rooster making a nest for his hens? A couple of our hens go into cages at night and to lay their eggs. A few weeks ago, and every time since, we watched in amazement as, after we put fresh hay in the cages our RIR roo hopped into the cage and started...
Hi! A couple of months I was surfing the net and found a list that showed how many quail eggs = a chicken egg, how many quinea eggs = a chicken egg, bantam, duck, and goose eggs. I thought it would be handy, but silly me, I didn't print the information out. I was wondering if anyone had the...
My mom and sis left us with a few chickens a couple of years back. We now have 2 roos and 2 hens from the same batch. All my mom and sis knew was that there might be some "game" in them. At the time, my grandmother and I didn't know much about chicken breeds. Since then, we've gotten a lot...
We have a buff bantam hen who is maybe a year or 2 old. Some friends gave her to us so there isn't any real telling how old she actually is and how she was raised. We've had her for maybe 6 to 7 months. She's been a consistent layer but a little mean to a young Brahma hen in the coop. Then...
Hello all! I'm new to this site and have been thoroughly enjoying perusing the site which I found when searching for info about our chickens. I was born and raised on a dairy where we had a variety of chickens, ducks, geese, guineas, just about everything else at one point or another. About...