Thank you so much for explaining this to me!! He and the hen he came with last year were both marketed as self blues by the breeder, so we guessed him to be porcelain when he feathered up very differently from the hen (his appearance matched most closely with porcelain). I’m inexperienced with...
We have the flock on chick starter already as another one of our hens already has chicks with her. She has been taking them back to the nest in the afternoon, and I’ve been trying to track it down, but it’s very well hidden so it’s taking a bit to find (it’s hidden in a large area of grass that...
So a while ago my millefleur d’uccle hen went missing, and we assumed her dead due to wandering off and running into a bobcat or fox in the area (as they’re allowed free range on the acreage, but stay relatively close to the house). Today she came back with 8 one-day-old chicks with her. We...
I’m not necessarily a newbie to chickens, but I’ve been lurking on this site for a while and finally decided to join! My name’s Max!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I got my first chickens about 7 years ago when I was 9!
(2) How many chickens do you have right...