This is good to know. We rescue dogs but will never rescue chickens. I like the closed flock idea. Our flock is all new as we have only lived in this place for 2 years. I fuss about everything though, worrying if they're happy, if any diseases are lying in wait. And predators. Always...
View of chicken yard from front corner. Separate baby yard also.
View of chicken yard from the rear.
Hi All, We have 24 chickens--4 different breeds-- and a very large, fully enclosed chicken yard (even buried hardware cloth 10 inches down around the base).
Our coop however is very...
Ok, I'm betting this is a rooster. All photos are same bird. He's the only one (born 3-17) with what looks to be red wattles. Whatcha think? I'd like to have at least one roo among our 24 "pullets".
Think I'm gonna copy and save some of this for future reference as sort of a motivational thing. Too often I get attached to one sweet bird or another but the need is for eggs and meat, some breeding. Keeping pet chickens is not affordable for us at this point in our lives. (Of course I say...
If I'm needing or wanting to pick up one of the young chicks I tuck their faces under my arm or I cover them with a hand against my tummy. It quiets them right down. My older chicks (2 months) rarely get picked up because I don't have the time but I do hang out in their yard once a day and let...
I love NW Arkansas. Not an expert but I do have 4 different breeds including 6 Barred Rocks. They were slower to get their adult feathers and I worried about one little runt in particular because she seemed so behind in her development but at 7 weeks of age mine are now all fully feathered and...
Ok, then the name of the hatchery in question is Mount Healthy and our local feeds store in Orangeburg, SC buys from them.
And thankyou, thankyou for your responses. This clears everything up for me. I'm very tempted though to contact this hatchery and demand they practice "truth in...