Hello! We had broody hens and let 2 sit on 3 eggs. Only one hatched so we are really hoping it is a hen. She will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. Please look at these pictures and let me know what you think. The mom (we're pretty sure) is the black bantam Dutch hen. The father is a bantam Americana (we...
Thank you! We left them in their houses and they've been fine. Yesterday, when the high was 9, they only left their house for a little while in the afternoon, but so far today they are out and seem fine, even though it was 2 this morning when I let them out. I think it's because today is less...
I'm in Nashville, too and my chickens just came out of their coop about 5 minutes ago for the first time today! They (and really all of us) are not used to such cold weather. I've replaced their water 3 times today and will have to do it again. It seems like they are eating the snow a little, so...
Hi everybody,
I've been lurking for a while and have gotten so much good information from this forum - thank you! I now have a question about cold weather...
My husband and I live in Nashville, TN and we are not used to highs at 16 degrees and nights down to 2! And now that we have chickens...