I will try my best to get better pics, they are one of my neighbours and I was just curious as to what they were, the cockerel is the best cockerel I have ever met, he is a true gent to his girls such a lovely boy
I have a shed now and I don't like it, I don't have a problem with foxes where I am, also I'm thinking of opening the front and back doors to provide air flow, my girls are never locked up and free range at there own leisure, I have 22 chickens at the moment and the only thing I can find on a...
I need a new chicken coop, I have looked through loads of designs on here, I have fallen for the hoop design but I'm going to use a poly tunnel, I live in the uk and want people's opinions I the pros and cons of using a poly tunnel as a coo, please please I need opinions
I thought hen, but she keeps fighting with my bantom wheaton roo, she proper beats him, the little one in the pic she has adopted and takes care of her it's so sweet lol
A friend said to me, so how many chickens have you got now
Me, I've only got 8
My friend, there's a lot more than 8,
Me, no I only have 8 that are laying the rest don't count
My mum, so how many chickens is your limit
Me, I reckon 15 would be my limit,
My mum, but haven't you got that many now...
I know lol it's like having little babies, you want to protect them, but Mother Nature has given them a genetic make up to live out side, chickens are clever they will easily work out if they want to stay out or go in, but if you keep them in when it's cold, wet or snowing, they will never be...
I have all my chickens out in all weathers, it is very wet and cold lately and the youngest I have out is 4 weeks, chickens are not stupid, if they are to cold they will go somewhere to warm up, mine love the rain because of all the bugs, they go in and warm up or dry off then there back out...
I have 3 ex batts a lf Sussex 2 cream legbars a polish and 1 pekin, I had a Banty roo with them, he still tried to mate them and they still crouched down for him so I say yes go for it, you have enough chickens to introduce another roo, there would be the usual scuffle but I think they would...
So my count at the moment is 16 as my lemon pekin was a rooster and became aggressive to my 3 year old, 2 of my new Pekins are roosters so only time will tell if they will be nice then they will stay if not they will go, and also my little polish Charlie I don't know what he/she is yet so...
I have had my flock for about a year now, I started with 3 ex batts, then got another 2, then I decided it would be great for my 3 year old if I got some baby chicks, so I got 2 cream leg bars and a lavender Pekin, then I decided I should get 3 more, so I got a wc black polish and a wc blue...