One of my chickens got left out of the coop last night. Temps were 44 overnight. Found him outside this morning on his perch and he keeps opening his mouth and making a small exhale sound over and over every couple of seconds.
I put him in the coop with food and water and he isn't drinking or...
I'm fairly new to chickens and so far I've just had them on grower feed as none were laying. I now have 2 laying birds, 8 almost laying birds and 3 roosters.
What feed should they be getting? If they need different feeds for different birds, how do I accomplish that?
I've heard layer feed...
Almost 13 weeks old. Not crowing but bigger than the pullets yet smaller than his hatch mate definite rooster.
Got new hens today and my definite rooster was trying to mate but this one did not. It did pick on the new hens a bit and the definite rooster did not.
Comb is a darker pink but not...
I have a small flock of 4 silkies, 1 rooster and 2 pullets all about 12 weeks of age. I'm getting 6 new chickens today all 15 weeks old.
I have a 10x20 run and a 4x6 coop. They get to free range for 2 hours in the evening.
I'm not sure what to do when I bring these new chickens home.
I have...
I've been told these are both roosters and I have found them a new home. Just want to make sure they are roosters.
I believe they both have saddle feathers and a big long sickle feather starting.
So I have a situation were I bought 6 chickens and 5 turned out to be roosters. I'm having a hard time rehoming them!
I'm wondering if I bought 5 more pullets to add to the flock, could it work or are the roosters going to act out?
I have a 10x20 run and a 6x4 coop. Is that enough space for 15...
Hello all! This is my first time having chickens. I paid a lady 72$ for 6 sexed pullet at 10 days old. She did a thing with their wings that supposedly showed her the hens.
They are 12 weeks old now and I've had 2 of them trying to crow. Just sounds more like a scream to me but I'm sure it's...