Hi and thank you!
I did not know that about hens getting broody on their first winter. So glad I joined here!
Honestly have no idea what to do with the cockerels yet... I do not know how to tell them apart from the pullets. Plus, the mama is being a little overprotective right now, hard to see...
Hi! I am fairly new to the farm world. We have a small backyard chicken coop we started in March, '23. We have 4 hens (1 Rhoad Island Red and 3 Orpingtons) currently. A few weeks ago, one became broody (before we re-homed our Rhoad Island Red rooster) and just yesterday, we got our first baby...
