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This is our first time with meat birds (but we’ve had laying hens for a few years). We have 40 Cornish Giants and they’re 4.5 weeks old living their best life in a couple pastured chicken tractors. The other day I discovered one male was getting picked on and his butt was bloody. He’s...
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My current flock consists of a Lavender Orpington rooster, blue Orpington hen, black x buff Orpington hen(all Orps are just a year old), and 12 ISA Browns (getting old now and not really laying anymore). I have recently added some pullets ranging from 11-13 weeks old; 1 Belgian Maline...
We don’t have a license to trap so apparently without a license it is illegal to trap. At least that is what I understand from what I’ve read. Perhaps trapping to relocate and not kill is okay and that’s why Fish and Wildlife suggested it?
I lost one of our free ranging hens to a fox a couple weeks ago. We have a couple roosters so they alerted us and we chased it away. We made sure to have our .22 close by. Early that same evening ( all the chickens were penned up) the fox returned and the roosters sounded the alarm. He...
i have 16 pullets and 7 Roos (one Roo I won’t be butchering; probably a buff orp) and I want to start incorporating them into my existing flock of 11 ISA Brown and 2 Orpington hens (lav and black x buff) and 2 Orpington roosters (lav and a black that I will be having for dinner in the next...
I finally joined Backyard Chickens! I’ve been reading posts for the last year whenever I’ve had a question that needed answering so thank you al for getting me through my first year of chicken keeping!
I got my first 4 hens (ISA Browns) exactly one year ago and since then, my flock has grown...