I have 5 Hamburg ladies and one Rooster ( Gordon.) All about 8 weeks old ...2 weeks ago I noticed that there where feathers scattered inside the coop. Then I noticed that one hen had blood on her behind and her feathers where gone! So a week ago I just sat and observe them and saw that Gordon...
I have a question : At what age does a Chick go up on the Roost ? The Chicks 5 girls (hamburgs) are about 6-8 Weeks , Gordon the Rooster is a bid older. Gordon went up on the Roost by himself about 3 days ago
The Girls are sleeping in the corner of the coop on the Floor! I have been putting...
I need some help , since I am totally new at this. I have 5 Banty Hens and one Rooster (Charlie) 3 are white Leghorns and 2 are New Hampshire reds. They are all about 7 months old . 4 Days ago the little Red one refused to get out of her Nest. I first thought she might be sick. Then I read that...
I am new at this. We now have 3 white leghorn and 2 NH red Bantam Hens and Little Dave the Rooster. They moved in a little over a week ago. I tried to feed them Lettuce....no we don't like that. I tried Bread , they looked at me like I am a nut.
They only want to eat those crumbles and scratch...
So about 4 weeks ago we put together one of those fancy prefab Chicken coops, put up a area for them to run around (all set in concrete) and found 4 cute Bantam Girls. The Bantams we got where free range and were able to go where you wanna go and had no fancy Coop. We have them since 3 weeks and...