flock building

Good Morning All! I'm just starting my urban homesteading journey, and I'm super excited to learn everything I can about raising a small flock of egg-laying hens in Peoria, Az. From what I've been able to glean so far, it looks like Ameraucana, Andalusian, Naked Neck & Plymouth Rock are the...

Hey everyone, I recently built a coop and run (pictures included so you can see the size) and got a mixture of 7 bantam chicks. They are almost three months old now. Two have begun crowing, so I know I have at least two roosters. I assume 5 hens is not enough for 2 roosters. Based on my coop...

I have a question for ya'll. This is the first time I'm raising backyard chickens and I have at least 5-8 roos around 6-7 weeks old. Obviously, I can't keep them with my flock, it's not big enough. They are BR and RIR. My question is, should I find them homes NOW or wait until they're bigger? I...

My husband and I currently have Muscovies and are building a big aviary for them. But we want to expand our flock once the poultry ban lifts (we live just outside the quarantine zone but can’t travel into town without going through it) and we would like a variety of birds. What kind of poultry...

Here’s the situation. I have 1 laying adult hen, 9 months old. I also have 4 chicks, 11 weeks old , that I have been slowly introducing over the past month. Everyone is co-habiting, but they are separated by baby gates, both in the run and in the coop at night. There have been minor skirmishes...

Hello everyone! Over the years I have found Backyard Chickens to be an extremely helpful recourse and am happy to be joining the community! My name is Nina and I've been around chickens my whole life. Growing up we had a whole barn for them and a fenced field for them to roam. Later on my...