Well, it’s been 3 years since I last posted. We got 7 hens and a Roo a couple years ago. After a year something got into their run and killed every one! I am not replacing them. Too traumatic. We finally sold the coop. I am back here again to find out what breed my friend has.
Hope you...
When we got our first one we licked up and found an already built used one. It was huge and we only paid aro $200. We broke down and re assembled onto our property and put a couple runs onto it. They had the run of the area and always came home at night. New or used, it will work if you put...
We just brought home 7 Hy-Line browns home to a hen house that can house 8. We decided to add a rooster. These hens are medium in size. Should we stay with the breed or is another breed, large rooster ok to add? These girls are about the size of RI Reds
Our new girls (7) are
Settling well in their new home. We got Hy-Line brown hens and they began laying the day we brought them home!
Noce brown eggs, M-L in size. We will have their run ready probably tomorrow and are
Excited to see them checking it out! We are both excited for our new...
Thinking of having chickens
Again. Don’t want chicks, just hens. We have Moved to Alabama and miss our girls. Not to mention the eggs. I will be back on this group more to relearn and ask my questions. I am 70 now but good health bids me to become a hen mom again!
my husband and I had hens about 4 years ago but moved to live on a military base and had to give them up. Now we are on our own property again and want to begin a new flock....hens only! Any suggestions as to breed? We had red ones who flew over the fence all the time. Our dog got 3...
I read another post a few months ago saying when her rooster got aggressive she picked him up and held him upside down just till he settled down. You could try this, otherwise, roast him
No, he isn't infected. He is completely healed. We've never killed a chicken before but he will be our first. Decisions will be made then whether to save or dispose.
No, I agree Bobbi-j, uncertain death is not a chicken we will eat. We had 2 roosters fight and one was hurt. We aren't even sure if we can eat the injured One. He healed but is deformed. His left shoulder was apparently separated and he can't fly, or run or mate. All he does is hang his head and eat
We separated our Sussex when she got broody (which she does every 4-6 months) she hatched 3 in the spring which we integrated to the group by winter. The middle of winter, a RI red hatched 2 and we didn't know till they peeked from mom's wing. She raised them right in the coop with the other 6...
My dog, for the 3rd time, has killed a hen that flew over the fence. Can this hen be dressed? This is the 3rd time he has killed a hen that flew over the fence. Can this hen be dressed out and, later, eaten,? I've always heard if they are killed in that way the meat is not good to eat[...