She's been off for probably an hour now its also just rained a good bit so there all outside in the fenced in area its been so hot here and they have no shade but the coup so I know their enjoying the coolness
Thanks so much! Thats why I mentioned our silky it was pretty bad, she stays our by our home now and when they free range they will even come over and try to peck her! We are getting new cages tomorrow so we will separate her and the eggs then she's been off the nest for about 30 mins now I'm...
Yeah I was shocked he's like half there size lol he's all feathers hes leaves his kind alone and goes after the big ones we had to separate our silky hen because they almost pecked her to death
I'm still learning all the terms lol ill post pics we have one rooster and 4 hens one is a bantam so its not hers one hen has been laying on the eggs all day she gets up for a few minutes then goes and lays again this is the first time they actually laid in the coup they free range and refuse to...
We have 5 chickens 1 bantham rooster 1bantham hen and 3 egg hens pullets. 1 of the pullets is laying on her eggs today they were not there yesterday she made her own nest out of the hay, she has left a few time to free range with the others for a few minutes but go right back. Anything I need to...
I just went and got some sand for the chicks they are 4-5 weeks they ran out of play sand so they have me another type it's a bit more course has a few small chips of rocks and can be mixed with something to make concrete. They seem to be doing fine I will post the brand name when I go check on...
I am new to raising chickens my hubby is not we have 6 chick a mix of pullets and banthams for eggs and pets :-) we are a family of 5 looking to be a bit more self sufficient.
Our chicks are 3 weeks old 3 pullets 3 bantams wondering if we can take them outside for 10-15 minutes it'll be about 45 tomorrow but it's been in the 50s so I'm hoping it's higher. My mil wants to come get some pics of the kids and chicks. Is it to cold even for a few minutes?