I'm that person who always has to learn things the hard way.
With that being said, we had an "incident" here a couple days ago.
I was standing at the kitchen sink, washing my hands, getting ready to start dinner. As I always do when I'm in the kitchen, I looked out the window where the chicken...
First, some basic information.
I have three Barred Rocks, 23 weeks old. There is one Blue Orpington approximately 16-18 weeks old.
I found my first egg when the three Barreds were just a smidge shy of 20 weeks. Early on, I was getting one solid egg, on average, every day. But, I was also...
This chicken has taken to crowing. Not like the average person whould imagine a rooster crowing, but more like a "Ooooh-Ooooh" kind of sound. I can't ever seem to record her doing it, but there's supposedly a way to tell by the chicken's appearance. There are three (this one is one of them) who...
Hello, everyone! I am a 68 year old female retired Army veteran and live in a suburb of Rochester, NY. My town allows us to have up to 6 backyard chickens (must get a license) so I took the plunge.
My ex and I had 11 acres a dozen or so years ago, and we had just shy of 2 dozen chickens...