Hi everyone! I live in New Zealand, or Aotearoa with my family and pets. We’ve got 5 Australorp pullets around 2 months old. We got them two weeks ago, and are loving the new addition to the family! They are free-range chickens, and we’ll be expanding their garden space in a couple of days...
What do you think? Some pics of the chicken alone and with the others from eggs hatched at the same time.
I think it’s possibly a cream legbar crossed with an Easter egger.
Not sure if this is the right place but it's the best I could find. We have around 20 or so chicks(around 2 months old) inside the house divided into 3 large totes but they're getting too big for them, plus we don't have any more room in the house. We also have around year old hens and roosters...
I got back from a short vacation, and after coming home, realized one of my pullets sounded really odd, like unnaturally odd. Her voice is extremely hoarse and raspy. Her voice used to sound like an 8 bit laser gun but now it sounds horrible. My cockerel(who was on vacation with me) returned to...
My Cream Legbar cockerel is about 2 months and a few weeks old and he’s already trying to mount the pullets he lives with. Is this normal? He’s nowhere near the age to start mating according to google, so why is he trying to mount his pullets? Is it for dominance purposes? He doesn’t do it...
Hello!! i’m brand new here and i have black silkies (2 months). they’re ready to move out to the coop but before i do, what should i put on the ground - leave as is with grass, hay, or shavings? should i also put anything in the actual nesting area? thank you all for your help !!
Good morning, everyone!
I got a text from my mom this morning, saying that her 2 month old hatchling isn't walking. She is able to walk, she just prefers to lay down. When she does walk, it seems she is very stiff (maybe even weak/wobbly and a little knock-kneed?). She is upright and alert, but...
Today i was putting the chickens in the coop area of my chicken tractor and when i was reaching to grab my birds one of my roosters bit me!:barnie they are only 2 1/2 months old and that rooster is aready protecting the hens what can i do to make him trust me a little more? :idunno