I did that today. I put my 4 week old chicks with my 6 week old chicks and they seem to be either getting along or ignoring each other except for one older chick. It keeps pecking on the same younger chick but not in a consistent way. It does act like it either hates the chick or is showing it...
I've been raising sapphire gems and hatched some of their babies. They are a cross with another breed but my little rooster is beautiful. Always wondered what one would like like
I saw one of my hens eat a snake for the first time today. It looked about 8 inches long and about the size of a pencil. I'll keep an eye out for her. I hope she'll be ok
I went to gather my eggs this morning and found two eggs on the ground. Did the hens lay them in the ground because they got tired of waiting for the other hens to come out or did the kick them out of the nest? Seems like they would have broken off they did that. My hens just started laying...
For some reason my hens like the two end boxes. No one uses the center boxes. I think I'll put studios of material for curtains in one and maybe paint one a darker color just to see if they would use one of the center ones.