I posted back in november on this chicken and it seems everyone thought she was a hen. As "she's" gotten older I've noticed some big differences between her and the other hens. I've seen her try to mount the other chickens and thought I heard crowing today as I was walking out to open their...
Hi I live in the city and am fenced in in my backyard. I have one hen who is a little older who we can trust to let her out to free range in the backyard. She likes to be picked up and handled. I want to let my other birds out in the backyard but they always run from me when I approach them. I'm...
We lost a hen so I decided to upgrade their run. It's now 16x8' so I have plenty of room for more hens later. We added two black sexlinks Becky and Gretel. They are 22 weeks now and have not started to lay. I think they will soon, as they have been making these little nests in the coop and...
The girls have been making a huge mess of their food! I put enough food in their feeder for about 6 days, and they have spilled it all out twice. I am using nutrena nature smart organic feed. The feed store guy said to mix in corn chips at a 1:1 ratio. After doing some more reading I guess that...
We had 6 eggs our first week, Chikweeta has been laying most or all of them I think. I'm not sure if Jemima is laying yet. They were advertised as 8 month old hens, but I think Jemima may be a bit younger? She weighs less and doesn't have as much feathers as Chikweeta. Chikweeta is definitely...
Thanks, fortunately I found someone to help w a new run. We plan on making something we can move around in the yard. This fencing is from an old garden. I'm locking the girls up at night in their coop, the ramp I made covers the front opening. Hopefully this will prevent nocturnal predators...
Yes thank you we will plan on improving our security. We live in the middle of a big city and hoped that we would only have to worry about our dogs. I have seen a hawk swoop but stop when he saw the fence and tarp.
Hi, I just wanted to share a few pics of my coop and 2 cinnamon queens we are keeping for eggs. Mine is Chikweeta and my girlfriends is Jemima. We decided to start small and go from there. I added a tarp over top to keep them from flying out. I also added a pecan branch inside their coop to...