what are the Do's and Dont's of buying Eggs online, what can I do to increase the hatch rate as I bought 6 a month ago and only one hatched . They usually arrive, 1 to 2 days after being shipped
My flock have died and I've only got one chicken left, would adding chicks to the hen house be relatively painless or will they get pecked half to death? If I can add them what age is best?
Hi there everyone, recently an ex racing greyhound has joined my flock. Among the many reasons I got him one was that I hoped he'd be a guardian for my chickens, as there's a cat who is just waiting for an opportunity to get to my chickens and various foxes.
He's good with them and ignores...
So I've got two females (big black stars) and I would like to get a bantam rooster to keep the girls in line and to protect them, would it be difficult to add one to a flock? And are they agressive or loud?
Its been months but I have finally fully integrated a single chicken into my existing flock. It took a lot of effort, stress and time but I finally did it! The new girl went from getting a chunk out of her neck bitten, to sleeping, eating and foraging with the others.
Advice I would give,
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so a few weeks ago I rescued a single chicken and began the long task of integrating it. Now previously I was linked an article of someone who was successful at it and I followed her example. So I put the new chicken in a separate cage inside the coop, so that they could see each other and not...
What do you do when your chickens stop laying? and at what age do they stop laying, I've got one three year old and two under a year so I don't think I'm in danger now.
So she's about three years old, her flock was wiped out by a fox, stressful enough and now im in the process of integrating her into the flock which is going quite well. How long after she integrates do you think she'll lay?
Additional information.
The run is 80 cm tall. 2.5 meters long and 1.15 m wide. It houses my two hens that are 9 months old. They are two big sex link (black star chickens)The new hen is a ginger ranger.