He is 4 months and crowing pretty good now. I am trying to get a vid uploaded but youtube don't like the vid format my phone uses.
Here is was at 1 month
My 3 week old 3 Rhode Island Reds and 3 White Leghorns
My 7 week old Black Astralopes - 3 of em
My 3 Golden Buffs or Buff O's also 7 weeks old.
Better pic of the roo, named dinner.
should I wait till the 3 week olds are closer to size to let them roam together or let them run together now? I let the 3 week olds out with the older ones for about 10 minutes today and it seemed like the old ones were bullying the young ones and pecking at them real hard. For almost a week...
Best I can tell one of the BA's is a roo. The are all ~5 weeks old. The one has a bigger comb and the waddles are already showing.
Am I correct in my thoughts?
I tried to get a closeup but he wouldn't stand still
Went up to feed/water them this morning and opened the coop door and only saw 6 of my girls. I figured the other 4 were outside playing. I looked and didn't see any. So I then said a few bad words and looked a little closer. I saw 3 of the bodies laying up next to the fence on the inside and...
Here are my chicks. 5 are Black Astralops and the other 5 I am not sure. My buddy the got them for me said they were golden something, but I have no clue.
I took the pics today and they are ~3 weeks.
Howdy
I started on my coop yesterday. It is going to be 4x8 with a 8x8 run for now. Next year if hope to expand the run another 8 feet and get a few more chickens. The wood is all that is have had to buy. I should have less than $100 in it when done. I am using screws to put it together so...
New guy in KY. I bought 8.5 acres of land last fall and am trying to get a small farm going. I have never had any animals other that a dog so it is gonna be a learning experiance for me.