I have a broody hen who is caring for the 5 chicks I slipped under her last week. Right now the chicks are about 7-9 days old. Unfortunately 2 of the light colored chicks are being tortured by the other 3 by having their eyes pecked. I have separated them and tried to reintroduce but both...
We have 12 chickens snd were intending on 11 hens and 1 rooster but ended up with 10 hens and 2 roosters, They have all been handled since hatching. We knew that one of roosters would have to go at some point but now both of the gentleman have become quite aggressive towards me as well as to...
I've looked at old posts but don't this particular discussion. We are building our coop right now. It is quite large - the coop is 64 sq ft and the run is 128 sq ft (half covered and half not covered). It is completely enclosed by hardware cloth or structure since our property has many...