Recently my comet Hey Lee has alerted me to a falcon that has taken up residence between my house and my neighbors. Which on one hand has greatly decreased the number of field mice and sparrows I am feeding but could it kill my full grown chickens? Hey Lee is great at sounding the alarm (she is...
Thanks for the information everyone. Patience is not one of my virtues but I will work on it. My RI has full waddles and her comb is extremely red and has been for quite a while so I was becoming concerned.
my Rhode Island red is 24 weeks,my Australorp, Buff Orpington, and Barred Rock are 20 weeks, and my Gold Comet is 18 weeks and none of them are laying yet. Should I be concerned? Sorry I'm a new chicken parent
After reading this article I think my girls will have supervised free range time. I would be sad to loose any of them but heartbroken if anything happened to my Goldielocks. Thanks
My name is Christi and I am new to raising chickens, my parents find it hillarious since the first time my dad brought home a cute little fuzzy yellow chick I ran screaming from the room. My first memory is being chased and having my ankles pecked by a mean rooster then having to gather eggs...
I love this site and thanks for all the great info! My girls are enjoying a well rounded diet just wish I would have had my camera the first morning they came running down the ramp from their house and saw a suet basket of fresh greens hanging above their heads!Trying yogurt tomorrow, with...