Our coop was made by David Rice (Dave’s Chicken Coops) in Turtletown TN. He’ll custom build whatever you want. We hauled it > 100 miles to get it home. We set it up ourselves (hubby & me) and built the covered run ourselves. The run is a work in progress. Eventually the rest of the run will be a...
This question may sound odd but I’m wondering if I have hens of one breed (ie barred rock - lays large brown eggs) and get a rooster of another breed (such as welsummers bantam - small speckled eggs), would the eggs be large or small, brown or speckled, and what would the offspring look like?
I moved them out yesterday. Stapled plastic on 3 sides, moved food/water/Brunsea brooder in with them, added 2 levels of “practice “ perches. Found them today on the higher one. One more hop and they’ll be up on the “big chick” perch. They really seem to have adjusted well to their permanent...
First time chicken owner here. I wanted to start out with 6 female. My husband talked me into ordering 18 girls and 2 boys. Placed the order several months ago and they came 2 weeks ago. 23 were shipped but only 2 survived the plane flight. Perhaps the altitude temps were too cold? Anyway, the...