Sorry guys, i forgot to change my signature, the ones listed below were all killed but 4, then my husband went and bought 19 more, who are about 4-5 months old now and the ones we bought yesterday, some are about 5 months and some are anywhere from 1-3 years old, all together we have 43 hens and...
We just brought home some new chickens to add to the flock we already had, and one of them is a rooster, is it okay to put him with are rooster we already had in the same coop?
Im still learning myself about the eggs and all, but i have heard people say that they sometimes dont even refrigerate their eggs, that they leave them out on the counter for several days instead, i have never tried it though.
Guess what! We tried it, we left them to theirselves to put theirselves up for the night and it worked! All we had to do was close the door once we seen they were all in there. The thing is, the past few nights, we were trying to put them up while still day light out, because we had places to...
oh that metal rod thing, hubby made one himself and was also using it last night, it did help. These chickens aint used to us yet, we only had them 3 nights now. The ones that were killed the other night were used to me and would jump up on me if i was out sitting in the yard, they would climb...
Im scared to have mine out after dark, just 3 nights ago we had 21 chickens killed, we had them in a pin at the time, now those 21 are replaced and their all in a chicken house now. we been having a coon problem latley. Still trying to catch him.
I also hear that possums take the heads off, we had 21 killed the other night (already replaced them) but no heads were off, just a bunch of feathers and some blood, a couple got torn into, but heads were still there, we think it was a raccoon, since we have seen coon tracks right in are...
Thanks for the tips! The coop has a light in it, I think i will try the treat in the coop every night, I noticed this morning however since we were in such a rush last night putting them up, when i got up this morning, there was one chicken in the yard, the rest were still locked up in their...
Sounds like my husband! For the past 3 nights he has been out smarted by this sneaky racoon that we have been having some trouble with. The racoon takes the food everynight and yet gets out of the trap some way or another. The first night, the coon got the food, then he rolled the trap and made...
We have the hardest time gathering are 19 chickens almost every night, last night was the worse yet, we were late for church, me and hubby plus a 4 year old and 7 year old were all trying to gather them for the night and it took like half an hour or more to do. They are so hard to catch, we...
Thank you, right now we have 19 in there, we'll probaly get some hay this weekend for them, they seemed to really enjoy it in there, alot more space than what they were sleeping in before the chicken house was done. I let them out into the yard all day since were out in the country, and put them...
Finally! Its DONE! My husband finished the chicken house just last night and its pretty big, the chickens spent their first night in it last night, no problems at all! But when i went in this morning to check on them, feed them and let them out, there was bunches of poo on the floor of the...
Thank you Jena Im hoping they calm soon, they act like as if the hens get some major mood swings...when their not hurting eachother though, me and the kids just love watching them, especially when one found a worm and they have a little game of keep away
My chickens are anywhere from 2 months old to 3 months old i believe and some of them can be so mean at times, like just a few minutes ago i was sitting out in my yard watching them and one went up to another chicken and pecked him on the back and the one that got pecked tried to take it out on...