My hubby and i just bilt this summer coop and our old one finely went to the dump! But now its getting cold and we did this one very open. We have put plastic clear curtains on two sides of the coop so far we were planning on adding at to the other two sides as well. I have young but fully...
I purchased a bunch of babies from a store where they are having 99% female rate however I'm starting to question a few of these little ones they are two - three months old should start laying the end of December to beginning of January any ideas?
( hope picture quality is good enough they're...
I've had this Hen 4 months now and still not sure what breed she is. she Lay's extra large dark brown speckled eggs every single day and as a rather large bulky chicken.
So I just got these two girls today and I'm trying to figure out how old slash what breed they are. They're smaller than my other hens close to the size of my Rhode Island red Bantam mix but a little bit bigger they lay these tiny blue eggs as pictured (it's the Teeny one).
So my little girls are now about 2.5-3 months old (dont have a pic atm other then baby pic) i wanted to give them some cute names but cant think of any off the top of my head and its time to give them names now i know there both 100% girls! :woot So any ideas?
2 of my three checks have survived to be one month old I'm trying to figure out what gender they are
The little ones are ayam cemani/EE mix
Sorry the pictures of the black one are a little blurry he's hard to catch and then he won't stay still.
Lately I have been trying to figure out the gender of my four-month-old EE
I just realized today that I have been thinking it was the wrong age this whole time I was assuming that it was two to three months old the looking back through my purchase history I realized that I purchased this...
I have been in contact with someone who I've gotten several of my hens from before they have a few hens that are not laying and are wanting just to rehome them for free I was wanting to add more to my flock but if they aren't laying is it worth it? Should I try and maybe they're just getting the...
I recently just got a new rooster to replace the one that the fox took I'm unsure of his breed and he has these odd little black spot coloring all over his legs? Is this normal for this breed?
I have a juvenile red fox that kept taking my chickens. I hadn't seen him in several weeks so I purchased a few new hens. One of my hens that I got prefers to try to roost on my roof rather than in the coop. I learned that if I set my rabbit trap with her favorite sardines and bananas that she...
Ok, so we just got a new hen and juvenile chicken(idk the gender), that just joined our flock.
My Easter Egger named Hawk(yes a chicken named Hawk) took a liking to the juvenile...and she has now gone broody. 2 Eggs are under her atm..
My question is what do i do when thay hatch?
Hawk is a...
I recently just got three new chickens one is a year old hen that I'm uncertain of the breed I think she's a Plymouth Rock but she lays green blue eggs..
My second that we just got I think is an Easter Egger about 3 months old. I don't really know the gender of this one really hoping it's a...
I just got a new hen last night (age un known) I put her in the isolation pen gave her food and water made sure everything was Secure and went to go make dinner. While cutting vegetables I looked out the window and saw "Roo" my cockerel hightailing it across the yard to the isolation pen. I...
I recently got a hen but have no clue what breed she is. She likes to spend all her time in the nest box or in a small sheltered space according to the person I got her from but they only had her a short time.. this is only pic i have atm.. also is there any idea on how old she may be?
My first time hatching eggs and of course my incubator broke.. so my friend was continuing to hatch my eggs for me. While we were waiting for them to hatch she decided to leave them in a little longer to make sure all of the eggs would hav time to hatch 5 days prior to her leaving them in a...
Hello my name is Aria, I just signed up because this is the number one place I go for all my chicken related questions in Google searches :D
I'm kind of new to the raising chickens on my own at least.. had a few with my family members when I was a child but I never had to take care of them until...
So I have looked for an answer to this but have'nt found one yet. I currently have a flock of 7 hens with no rooster...The roo i had became very aggressive towards children myself and my husband to the point he would draw blood even when trying to feed them... needless to say he ended going in...
I recently just got a two month old little girl whom is very sweet and active. she loves people and posing for the camera, but I cannot figure out what breed she is. I've tried getting in touch with the person I got her from, but have had no luck. Can any one help me out please?