I read this fantastic article and was wondering if you could give any ideas of how to tweak this for my own situation. We had a large-ish flock of 20 hens that were all acquired within weeks of each other as 8 week and under. These birds all lived happily together for a couple of years. No...
Yes it is aproned, but it’s the first place they go to scratch. They dig holes under the apron. We’ve tried filling it in with rocks but we need something sturdier. This actually looks perfect. I’ll show my husband. We’ve had several flocks and this batch is by far the busiest.
I have a very large outdoor run that is attached to my coop and covered run. The outdoor run is only covered in chicken wire. So the outdoor run gets wet. Previously, it was grass, then compacted dirt. My husband tills it in the spring so they can dig around in there. A few years ago we added...
I have a one year old partridge Brahma hen that I bought in the late summer last year (1 of 4 from the same place in GA) and all has been well. We recently added two healthy geese (9 months old a month and a half ago). We have 11 chickens in a huge coop and run, as well as the two geese - they...
I read to not interfere unless there is blood. Perhaps it will mellow out once he feels they’re in their place. They leave for my mom’s farm in May. But I’ve tried since they were hatched and I knew they were boys to rehome them, but no one ever wants roosters - even when they’re purebred - when...
Please don’t misunderstand me - these young boys are being rehomed and he JUST started to be aggressive - the moment he heard the young one crow. And he has balded my hens (the three breeder quality - gentler - Brahma hens and his favorite hen, a crested cream legbar that is actually the mom of...
I have a LF Brahma Roo that is one year old. In November we had a broody hen hatch 3 chicks, two of which were Roos. Our big Roo has been such a good father, taking to the babies right and helping take care of them. Fast forward to yesterday. One of the Roo babies crowed for the first time and...
I have a VERY large Brahma rooster - maybe a solid 8-10 pounds, he’s 9 months old. I’ve been treating him for scaly leg mites for months. We did the Vaseline on legs nightly (any bit of leg scales we could find was slathered in it - even between the feather) for three weeks or better, we cleaned...
We had a broody hen and let her sit some Brahma (roo) and Crested Cream Legbar (hen) eggs to get some green egg layers. Curious to see what they will turn out like. Anyone have some they’d like to share?
I ordered an olive Egger and didn’t get one. We don’t show and we keep what we have (with the exception of too many Roos). I have an Austra white that is seven months and went broody. I’ve had chickens nearly my whole life and can honestly say I’ve never had a FULL sized hen go broody - let...