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I have ( had ) 6 chickens ( 1 barred rock, 2 Rhode Island Reds and 3 Araucana) All are hens and about 5 years old ( The barred rock is 1 years older than the rest) They are semi free range, depending on time of the year . When not free range, they have a large indoor enclosure ( about 100 square...

If one chicken is ill, will the others just alienate her, or would the take it to the extreme of killing her ??

My chickens are more finicky about changes. Any type of change, including adding a light could set them back a few weeks or more. This time around it was about 2 months before they got back on track

I have noticed that one of the chickens has been alienating itself from the flock when out of the coop over the past week or two ( before the storm). Im not sure if it was the same chicken that i found in the snow , but it could have been. Do chickens that are old or sick alienate themselves...

Quote: Plenty of food and water and I checked them every day. Just didnt think a chicken would bury themselves completely under 2 feet of snow. Didnt start snowing heavy until about 7 or 8 pm, well after sunset, so i assumed they had already made it back to the coop, and since in the last 7...

Thats what I figured, i just thought it was strange because she was so close to the coop, and must have heard the other chickens, so i was wondering why she just didnt make the extra effort ( literally 20 more steps) to get into the heated, weather protected coop. But , I guess thats why she is...

I finally got to a point where all 7 hens were laying at the same time. It was great for a few weeks, but then I had to switch coops. This upset them a little, and they all shut down. 2 months later ( yesterday) they finally started producing again. As mentioned above, even simple changes...

I went out again in the afternoon to check up on her and make sure she was ok. And she was. I rechecked the site where i found her, just to make sure that i saw what i saw. And There were definitely no foot prints there, and the snow was definitely soft enough that if she did get there after...

Ive had chickens for the past 6 or 7 years. for the first 5 years or so, they didnt have free range of the yard. They would live in an outside coop during the spring, summer and fall, and would spend the winter months in the garage coop. This past year, I constructed a year -round outdoor...

I have 2 chickens which are about 5 years old. They reside in one coop. This past year I have raised another 5 chickens in a second coop. They are now about 6 months old. At this point they are all about the same size. Both groups have free range of the backyard (about 1/2 acre) and during...

Hi, I have 2 chickens (RIR) which are about 5 years old. They have their own coop and have had free range of the backyard since march. In march I got 5 more chicks. They are now about 4 months old. And are outside in their own coop, which is located about 10 feet from the innitial coop. I...

Great, thanks for the quick response phrank

Just got myself 6 new chicks, all hens. Im in the process of designing/ constructing a coop. My question is, do I need a nesting box for each chick ( total 6)? or can I get away with less? Just curious phrank

I have 2 five year old hens. Id like to get more chicks. The only problem is, that i would need to keep them together . So I guess what my question is, is at what age can i introduce a new batch of chickens to these 2 older hens ? thanks , phrank

Grew Up in Plainview. But currently live out east. Where abouts in Nassau ? phrank

Long Island here ( mount sinai/ port jeff). Had chickens the past 4 years or so in my backyard coop. Nothing extravagant, but functional. Used to work out in mattituck, grew up in plainview.... phrank