Hello again!
So, I have "Elvis' a bantam rooster that is I guess around 1 year old. He just showed up one day and started this whole crazy chicken thing :) .. He has 3 hens, a cochin, a RIR cross and Spotted Sussex. They only sleep in coop - free range all day. Along side the run/coop are 6...
I have 7 chicks, 4/5 weeks old, 3 hens and 1 rooster about a year old. ( I did not get them as chicks so I am not positive). The older group is free range; I have a 6x12 run with a 6x4 coop; the older group goes in at night and will lay egss in coop, but don't spend much time around the coop...
I have an opportunity get pickup a 20 gallon 'pond' and was wondering if my girls even need it. I am new, and was thinking about the hot summers, wondering how they will cool themselves. They have plenty of shade and places for sand baths - will they need a pond? I am also concerned they...
Hey everyone, My Dolly came up with a swollen, shut eye Sunday. I brought her in, used a warm compress to loosen the gunk so her eye would open. Washed her eye out w/vetracyn eye wash and vetracyn gel. Then off to Tractor Supply for Tylan. Got that in her eye two times yesterday and then...
Is there anything I should do for him? Thanks everyone, really good info here for a total newbie that was adopted by a Rooster....
The last one is just because he is growing on me. I think he is kinda handsome
for real - a black rooster has taken up under my porch. I have a nice warm dog house tucked in a corner for my two semi-feral cats. Well, I went to feed the girls sunday night, looked under the deck and saw chicken legs! with Spurs! Imagine my suprise! he was munching on cat food, so I just...