Hi, everybody. I'm very new to chickens and never hatched eggs before, but I would like to try my hand at it mainly due to the cost of buying chicks. What would you recommend for a beginner? What incubator should I get?
I'm looking for a trio, a rooster and 2 hens, of the Liege fighter. I have 3 hens like now and I noticed a small hawk that is frequenting the backyard and i see it perching on the fence every morning. It is actually smaller than the hens, but I'm afraid that it will get brave one day. The...
I'm in Southlake. Does anyone near me have roosters? I am thinking of getting a rooster to watch over my backyard flock. I have 3 hens right now and would like to add 5 more hens and a rooster. Of course, there is the problem of him crowing early in the morning and I'm not in the country with...
Hi everybody. Thank you for having me as a new member and I'm glad I found such a useful site for something that I didn't know was a thing 6 months ago :)
I try to do as much as possible by not doing much at all, hence the copy and paste below.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first...