My daughters and I have a small mixed flock of 10 hens and a rooster. The rooster is a Light Brahma named StormFly.
The hens are a mixture of Americanas, Polish Crested, Silky, Bantam, a giant Jersey, and a pullet who is a mix of Polish and Brahma.
Some of our ladies are very old, inherited...
Hi, I'm posting this in chicken behavior because our chickens are definitely not trained to poo in an orderly fashion! I guess the massive amount of messy poo *everywhere* is what gives free range poultry a bad name.
Thankfully, it is easy to rake up since we live in the high desert and have...
About a month ago we received four hens from a neighbor who is transitioning from standard to rare breeds. He doesn't free range, but we decided we'd like to do so after they'd had a chance to bond with their new coop. Everything was working out pretty well until...
One of the chickens...