20 week old EE rooster, black all over with some cream hackle feathering. Beautiful greenish sheen to his tail feathers. He's just started to crow and it's not very loud, but my older girls can't stand him (especially when he tries to do his roosterly duties) and I have to rehome him. He's...
My Blue Orp Rosie hatched out 5 chicks last week. She's already got them going outside during the day and roaming the pen but she doesn't seem willing to get them into the coop at night. The coop is about 2' off the ground with a ramp. They all just kind of jump out every morning, but I have to...
I have a broody blue Orp and she's my first broody. I slipped shipped eggs under her and she got up off the nest! She's been brooding faithfully for a week til now. She didn't seem interested in going back so I picked her up, put her on the eggs and shut the coop door. I opened it back up...
I rescued Brownie, RIR, 2 weeks ago from some tenants that left her behind. Put her in the coop/run that we had just finished setting up, started feeding her crumbles with a side of meal worms and waited. This morning I found this beautiful egg in the feeder Of course it broke when it fell...
I adopted a mystery chicken and am curious about her approximate age and breed. any help will be appreciated! She's my first chicken. We had just finished the run and coop when I got her
Edited to add: she is not laying at all. The people that had her have had her in a little crate in the...
DH and I are researching/planning for chickens and have decided to use an existing 10'x15' dog pen for the coop and run. The biggest issue I'm having is that there is a huge oak tree growing in it and I'm worried about possums or racoons coming down the tree into the pen. Is it something to...