Hello I am kind of new to raising chickens. We have three Rhode Island Red pullets that are almost 2 months old. Just in the past few days I've noticed them becoming much more vocal. Earlier today i watched one that at first made me think it had something stuck in its beak. It opened its mouth...
My boy talked me into getting some chickens from Rural King back on sept 9. While most people would probably prepare an area then get the chickens ...not me..LOL.. i sometimes put the cart before the horse. Any how the chicks spent their fist night in my son's room in a pet carrier. From there...
I have read that pine shavings and straw are good bedding material for chickens. I have 3 RIR chicks just shy of a month old and I chose to go with ground up corn cobs and am really hoping that this was a good choice. Just never have heard much talk of the ground corn cobs... so thought I'd run...
I got tired of just lurking around..he he.. so here I am. I had been kicking around the idea of raising chickens for at least a yr now and since my son talked me into buying 3 Rhode island red chicks from rural king, I knew i had to get to learning. The chicks spent the first night in a pet...