I have decided to cull a good part of my flock of 24 chickens, to get them to a more manageable number and cull the roos / hens that do not have what we are looking for. I want to take them to be processed, does anyone know of any place near Central Ohio that can do this? (Washington Court House...
We don't have a run, ours are free ranged around the farm from morning to night, they only go into the henhouse at night to sleep. We converted an old summer kitchen into the henhouse, so they have I dunno maybe a 15 x 15 space to sleep in at night. We have sheep and horses as well so our entire...
Thanks folks, all the feedback is very informative. Our roos have actually seemed to calm down a little as the weather has cooled off. They are still getting after the hens a little but it has slowed down dramatically. We have been catching them and petting them though, so I wonder if handling...
Alright folks, here is the skinny:
I have 24 chickens, 20 hens and 4 roos, all about 20 weeks old. I have 17 SS hens and 3 Red Star hens, and 4 SS roos. The roos are being very naughty with the hens, to the point that the hens wont goto their roost at night, and its become a thing to get them...
We have had days in the mid 90's here in Ohio so far this week. My chickens free range all day, and they have their favorite shady spots they lay in during the hot part of the day and seem fine. I just keep fresh water out to them, so far so good. I'd just say make sure they have some shady...
Hey folks, I have a flock of 21 SS chickens and 3 red stars, 20 hens and 4 SS roos (strait run worked out that way). Anyways, they are 17 to 18 weeks old, and for the most part doing great. Over the last couple of weeks though, the roos have started getting ornery with each other and the hens...
Hey guys and gals, I want to get our chickens out of the brooder and outside into their coop. The temps tend to be highs in the 60's and lows in the 30's at night right now. The chicks are 5 weeks old now and are feathered out very well (pics attached). Even though we are getting into the 30's...
We have had ours together for a few weeks using the same starter/grower feed and water, they will be fine. One thing though, the ducks are allot messier than the chickens.
My wife read something about "angel wing" that ducks can develop if they just eat chick feed. I guess I'd like to know if I should give them something to make sure they don't get that. Would just augmenting their feed with peas/lettuce, etc help with this?
We are just raising our first flock of chicks and the kids wanted some ducks so I said "whats a couple more mouths to feed" and let them get them. They got two mallard ducklings. I have them in the same brooder with the chicks, eating the same 24% chick starter, water, etc. Do I need to do...
Hey folks, just wanted to update the thread for posterity. Basically we had a speckled sussex chick that was being very aggressive, and pecking the other chicks until they started bleeding. Once this happened the rest would join in at the sight of blood and peck the injured one to death.
Once...
Hmm good things to think about, I do just have the one long metal feeder and one waterer. They seem like they have allot of room now though, I mean they run all over the place and all seem to have plenty of space.
Is it possible to just have one thats a bully? It seems like the one chick pics...
Need some help here guys. I am new to chickens and just got a flock of 25 3 day old SS chicks last Sunday. Everything went great up to yesterday morning when I woke to find two chicks dead. After some research and posts here I have concluded that they were killed by the other chicks, pecked to...
The brooder is warm at one end and cold at the other. I have a red heat lamp setup that is suspended from the ceiling at one end, and a light on at the other (cfl so its not providing heat). Directly underneath its around 95 degrees or so. The chicks seems like they are staying warm and all of...
Hi Folks,
I just got 25 SS chicks on Sunday from a local breeder, they are now about 6 days old. Everything was fine with all of them until this morning, when I woke to find that we had lost 2 of them. One of them had no visible signs, however one had a long pink thing coming from its hind...