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New to breeding chickens and I would like advise if ( 2) RIR hens and (3 ) New Hamshire hens can be put in a run / coop with 2- Orpington Roosters - one a buff and the other a white- and be able to take the weight of the rooster during mating process. Will she have leg issues, back issues etc...

My 9 week white orpington was not acting her usual self this morning in the coop yard. She was moving slowly even though I had just put out their fav scratch feed and walking with her head hanging down. I did manage to catch her and have had her in isolation all day. She lays with her head/...

Hi chicken experts! New to raising chickens and I need some advice on procedures to move our 6 week old chicks to the great outdoors full time. I have been putting them outside in the run during daylight nice weather for several weeks and then putting them back in the brooder at night. They...

My husband & i are starting to raise our own chickens. We just harvested our first EVER batch of Cornish cross. wow - it was a hard emotional day for us. Some of those birds were friendly and loved to be petted and we did! They left this earth knowing they were loved and cared for and had the...