This chicken is 5 months old. I thought this was a hen as it exhibited no dominant behaviors and never crowed. I had another rooster who led the flock (they are free range) and this one always acted like a hen. Ran for cover when the rooster cried, etc.
Then my rooster became aggressive and I...
Hello, I am designing my chicken area on my small farm, and I'm wondering how gangbusters to go on the 150 feet of perimeter fencing.
It's actually not crazy expensive to go for hardware cloth. If I have a 4-ft high fence, 150 ft. of 1/2 in mesh hardware cloth will cost me $390. By contrast...
We have three chickens, two hens and a rooster, that we raised from chicks in our bathroom. I have a 3 year old and together we (carefully) snuggled them multiple times per day. They are now almost 4 months old and are living outside where they have a coop they go in at night and they free range...