Is a black star similar to a copper black? We had one of those and she was the most intelligent one always finding escape routes into the veggie plot lol.
Thanks it's good to know we aren't doing anything wrong. I think our Cockerel is wanting some new young wives lol he's only a year or so himself and I think he's only just become top chicken but he still gets a lot of rejection when he does his special dance for them. What's your experience with...
Thankyou! We were wanting to add a couple into the flock in the spring I will look out for heritage breeds they seem hard to find where we live they mostly sell hybrids. We also keep a Cockerel that was given to us from a neighbour that seems to be getting increasingly grumpy towards our 4 hens...
We are new to chicken keeping only having a small flock of hens as pets. They are hybrid hens that we got 3 years ago and this summer they seem to have suddenly become elderly. We had 6 hens that were laying 6 a day then went down to 3 then recently 1 a week. They also seemed to like to take...