I'm completely new to chickens. "Phoebe" is an 8-week-old EE and sold as a sexed pullet. Well, a week or so ago her comb turned bright red. Her legs look thick to me, but what do I know? She doesn't have any saddle feathers yet and so far no crowing (knock on wood). Overall, "she" is pretty laid...
I just picked up 3 hatchlings from the feedstore. They hatched out 2 days ago; they're SO SMALL! I knew my 4 week olds were getting big, but I didn't realize how big!
The three are all polish. That's as much as I know. One is blue-grey, one is a very pale buff/yellow (I hope she feathers out...
I got sick of poo in the food and waterer so I decided to try to put bricks under them. I grabbed two bricks that were used as a planter border and put them under the feeder/waterer. A moment later there was a commotion in the brooder. All the chicks were chasing one. There was something small...
Hello, all.
I need to get a coop and run built pretty quickly. I'm just getting started with chickens. I'm thinking of building two smaller coops rather than one. Are there any long-term problems with separating the flocks? If I go with two coops will I need to keep the two flocks separate...