Well, my boy decided he wanted to wrestle today. Was getting treats and had my back to him and the girls and he flew up at me. We went a couple rounds with foot vs foot and it was a draw. I then decided to to get him cornered in run, away from the girls. He got tick off and I used a stick and...
He is an 8 month old Favoreelle (-1 sp) mix. We have 8 hens, 4 are about his size and the other are smaller. I am new to having chickens but he is not what I consider to be to aggressive, but he is protective of the hens. The issue I’m seeing is all the hens have spots on their backs where he is...
Have a rooster about 8 months old. Been pretty mellow up to now. He has become very protective of the 8 hens and recently starting lunging at us. It may be a stage not sure but we have grandkids that visit and do not want to take a chance with him.
We have 3 nesting boxes but today 2 pullets were sharing one at the same time. Other 2 were empty. Only 1 left an egg. There was no conflict, but just want be sure ok?
Are these eggs from the same or different chicken? Been getting one on left daily for over a week, but got the one on right today. We have 8 hens born in May so I’m sure others are starting to lay.
We also have another laying a white egg.
Just curious how good is a chickens memory. Reason is we went on vacation for 8 days. There was plenty of water and food so our neighbors only really just checked on them late in the day or at night to just to get eggs. When we got back they seemed a little hesitant and even our rooster showed...
My current setup is pvc with horizontal nipples in covered run and have an open waterer outside the covered area. I don’t get a sense they get enough water when closed in the covered area. When I let them out the seem to drink a lot.
Just think I might be better off putting an open water in...
First time chicken owner. We finally moved to place where we can have them. Located a spot and built coop. Got 9 baby’s to start, no idea the breed. They are now 3.5 months old and continue to entertain us everyday. We did end up with 1 rooster but so far so good. Here are a few pictures.