We bought 5 straight run bantam chicks to add to our flock and i suspect that 3 are roosters. Any help or input would be appreciated. We cant have roosters and want to rehome them so they can get use to a new owner and not be mean roosters. They are almost 9 weeks old
We currently have 11 amazing hens that we have had for almost 3 years and all great egg layers and among those we have 7 different breeds and we love all their amazingly different personalities. This year we decided to get a few more but didn't need great layers so we decided to go for the "fun...
We have 11 chickens and 2 ducks (girl and boy) that all free range together but they coop separetly at night. Well last night one of our 2 ducks died (don't know why). Will our lone duck get lonely or will he be fine? Should I release him to a local pond to be with others or get another...
We are getting chicks and wondering if we should vaccinate since our flock will be of less than 10 birds (backyard flock). Any advice would be appreciated as we are newbies.
We are building a coop and based on the dimensions wondering how many chickens we can have. I don't want them to be crowded. They will be in their coop/run 75% of the time and free ranging the other 25%. The bottom floor will be 60 sq ft and the 2nd floor will be 20-30 sq ft.