One of our roosters was caught picking on our dog the other day and just being mean... plus we'd noticed he hasn't been very nice to the hens either. Our head rooster is a lot better with them. We decided this particular rooster was too dumb for his own good (seriously? attacking a...
We received some chicks in the mail last week and lost two in the first 3 days(out of 23 total) but just marked that up to the cost of ordering that many chicks - you're probably bound to lose a couple.
We have one that has been a favorite from the beginning. She is the runt for sure. She was...
We've got a couple breeds of chicken and so far the selection has mostly just been by chance/circumstance... We're looking to order more from a hatchery though and I'd never realized just how many breeds there are. How did you decide what breeds you wanted?
I'm looking for layers, not meat...
We built this a few weeks ago, but this is my first time posting on this forum (only just found it yesterday). We are pretty new to raising chickens and have been learning a lot. This was a big weekend project for the two of us. The chickens seem to really like it and my only regret is that I...