Me and my husband just bought a house in bumpass va which is in louisa county. It is on 5 acres. I currently have 9 hens and a rooster. I have looked all over but can't find if I will have an issue keeping my chickens there. Does anyone know the chicken laws there?
I have 6 hens and 1 rooster. For the past couple of weeks I noticed that they are not eating their feed. They use to get crumbles but I switched to an organic pellet feed at the beginning of December. They are fed out of a rabbit feeder that is screwed into the coop wall. They are eating all the...
today is my 9 week old ee's 1st time in their coop. I thought they would be scared but they seem fine. Now I'm worried about tonight. Am I an overprotective chicken mom? Lol.
i'm almost 100% that the one in the front is a boy, which i don't mind. but the one behind him is this a girl? she is camera shy lol. she has a small comb, some pink on it but mostly yellow and its nowhere near as developed as his. she is mostly grey. oh yeah and they are 5 weeks old.
I can tell one is a roo. But the girls have a bump there that's yellow. Is that normal? Also if one has a big pink comb at 3 weeks and the others don't does that mean the others are definitely girls?
one of my ameraucanas has a mini comb at 3 weeks. She is the only one to have bumpies like that. The other girls have a flat spot there. Does this mean I have a roo?
I may have a rooster in my flock of chicks. I am attached to all my chikies and was wondering, if I keep him can I still collect all the eggs and eat them? What if the egg is fertile. I don't want them to breed. Sorry I am new to chickens and my chicks are only 3 weeks old lol. I am just...
I have 8 ameraucana chicks that are 3 weeks old. They all have a liitle space for their combs but 1 chick has acomb coming in. It's still tiny but bigger that everyone elses. Could she be a rooster?
how can you tell if a chick is a hen or a rooster? mine are 2 weeks old. i was told that they are ameraucanas from TSC(5 of them) and 1 i got form a local breeder. the other 2 are mixies of ameraucana and barred rock. is there anything i can see on them that would help me tell the difference?
my 2 week old chicks still run from my hand and 1/2 of them are scared while I hold them! I go talk to them atleast 8 times a day. If I get in the box with them some will eat out of my hand but mostly they are running away. When do they become social or am I doing it wrong?
my chicks are 2 weeks old and I started giving them grit and they got lettuce. They loved it. I just wanna know how to give them the grit. Mixed in food or it's own plate? Also one of my chicks had no interest in the lettuce and even looked a little confused. Is this normal for the runt?
I have 8 chicks and they have been on medicated feed since I got them and I even put them on an antibotic in their drinking water for 6 days when I first got them. Now one of my chicks has diarreha. It a watery brown color. I don't see any blood in it. They are all acting normal and eating and...
I have 1 6 day old and 7 3 day old chicks. they just run from me when i try to pick them up. when i catch them they are mostly still in my hand but they wont come over to me willingly.. can i give them treats? what can you give them that young?
Hi! My name is Ashley and i just got my 1st chicks 6 days ago. i live in Fredericksburg Va. I have 8 baby chicks, 6 are ameraucanas. 2 are ameraucana/poss. silkies or barred rock mixes haha. We have no idea who was the daddy roo with those too. I could use any tips or advice if you want to give...
I just got her today from tractor supply. she is 1 or 2 days old im not sure. she started twitching her head and running around lke crazy. she keeps trying to wipe her beak on anything all while twitching her head. i'm not sure whats wrong with her. she does have a little red spot inbetween her...