Hi ya’ll. On Good Friday I bought 6 chicks from TSC to put under my broody hens. All were labeled pullets. I got 2 buff Orpington, 2 blue laced golden Wyandottes, and 2 Americana EE. This particular one doesn’t look like any of the breeds I bought. I’m guess EE because they are mixed, but I have...
He can’t see them, but he can hear them. They are separated by a raised garden bed. When Morton crows, Benny crows right back. I just went out to do chicken chores and I put a fan outside the coop that blows into his window.
The girls aren’t very nice to him either…they do what Morton tells them, so that’s why I didn’t move any of them. His new girls will be here Saturday so I’m trying to spend lots of time with him until then so he won’t be lonely.
I think he’s definitely traumatized from the move. I put a small waterer in with him yesterday and put a little food in so he wouldn’t starve. I’m hoping he will venture out but his new girls will be here Saturday. He was in there crowing away this morning.
Good morning! I’m a new chicken mom! I got 8 silkies as babies in the Spring. One passed away. That left me 7…..and 2 turned out to be roos. They’ve been getting along fine until my hens started laying. I have Morton (named after Morton Salt because he’s salty) and Benny. Morton is a great...