I bought 16 (1) day old chicks from the Poultry Hachery in Seneca falls 2 years ago. Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks. 100% survival. Healthy birds came to my post office in a box with warmer. They are still laying well at two years
My girls are just 5 months old. Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth rocks. Started getting a few eggs over the last two weeks 3-4 per day..today I came home from work. And collected 7. noticed one of my hens was laying dead under the raised coop. Looks like her vent is torn open. No indication of...
HELP!! I'm new I had 16 birds with 3 Roos and 13 pullets at about 14 weeks. Just removed 2 of the Roos.. It's been raining a lot here and the chicks are spending a lot of time under the raised coop. My rooster is being pecked on his butt by multiple hens. What do I do? I put bacitracin on his...
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I am new to back yard birds and have a similar situation, I have 16 birds (6) barred rock pullets, (7) buff Orpington pullets, and (3) buff Orpington Roos. All are 11 weeks old I figured on keeping only one of the Roos. One is clearly the boss, he is vocal and is always watching what is...
Thank you all. I just went out to put the babies up for the night. As fast as I could get them in the coop they were back out on the ramp trying to get out. I think I have the coming out part covered. Now just need them to get the hang of going in at dark
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I'm new to chickens, and I recently built a coop mad fully enclosed run for my 16 chicks. They are 7 weeks old and I moved them out to the coop on Thursday. I left the door to the run closed for two days to let them get used to the new surroundings then on Saturday morning I opened the door...
Well the coop is done, what a lot of fun I had building it, picked up some great ideas looking at others. Now I just need to build a run. I'm thinking 10 X20 ft plus enclosing the base of the coop with hardware cloth so that they can have some shade that would be 10X28. I have 16 chicks that are...
Finally some nice weather so I started building a coop for my new girls. I have no idea if I'm doing it right, but there is a wealth of info on this site. What do you think? Main coop will be 8X8. With 8 nest boxes and an 8 ft by 12 ft enclosed run . Oh yeah 16 pullets .
Hi Gary,
I'm new to this chicken thing too, picked up 16 pullets Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth rocks two weeks ago. I'm in the middle of building a coop and run. How's the weather up there? I'm in Orange County , but I have a trailer on the river in Clayton. Still kind of cold here. No fun...
Hey guys. My chicks came on Thursday, all are doing well. I guess they're about a week old now. When do I need to start worrying about them flying out of the brooder. I built a plywood box that is 3 ft by 4 ft by 30 inches high. I have a screened top for it. They seem to be growing so fast!!!
My little ones came a day early. Got a call from the PO and had to leave work at noon to get them. Six Barred Rocks and 12 Buff Orpingtons holy crap they're cute.
I've been kicking around trying to raise some laying hens for a couple of years now. I finally took the leap and I have 15 day old chicks Buff Orpington's and Plymouth Rocks arriving on Friday. Can't wait! Just reading posts and advise on this forum has been unbelievably helpful. Thank you all...