I absolutely love your little flock! I started with 3 hens, two RIR and a Barred Rock! I lost one RIR to a hawk two years ago, but my Barred girl is 4 years old and still lays eggs daily! I’ve been thinking to shrink my flock to down less than 10, as having 30+ chickens can be a bit much at times.
My quail are currently 6 weeks old, and I had expected to get my coop finished before it snowed, but that unfortunately wasn’t the case. But anyway, these quail are standard coturnix quail I hatched myself. There were supposed to 10, but one had quit early on in incubation and the other died of...
A barred rock was the very first chicken breed I ever owned! I still have her, as she’s just turned 4! She lives with her sister, a RIR, who came from the same batch of chicks I bought.
yeah, there’s a little farm store in my town that orders from murray mucmurray and the chicks there have great temperaments. My friendliest birds come from them
Now, I’ve gotten a second batch of SS hens, and for some reason, these girls are the sweetest birds i’ve ever owned! I get larger, pinkish-brown eggs, so i’m wondering if I just got a bad batch?
I have a mixed flock, but I may switch to having two flocks. My first flock would be all Plymouth rocks, and the second either cochin bantams, booted bantams, or salmon faverolle bantams.
I’ve also opened up my garden, which is really, really, big. I’m not sure exactly how big, but they’ve been much happier with her separated. I breed cochin (pekin) bantams and I absolutely love them! My friend had 3 silkies and they were absolute sweethearts, other than their rooster, who was...
I have 35 chickens, at least 12 are getting terrorized by this chicken. The bully is 2 years old, while most of the victims are 3 or older. I have two coops, both 6 feet tall, 6 foot wide, and 12 feet long, I feed them 19% layer food, with some cracked corn and mealworms on occasion. The bully...
One of my chickens has been bullying lately, pulling feathers, and drawing blood. She doesn’t let any of them eat, so i’ve put her in chicken jail with food in water. A week goes by, it does not stop. What do I do?