flock management

  1. C

    Help! Too many roosters!

    Hi All ~ I'm new to raising chickens, so I've got a conundrum I need help with from veteran chicken people. I picked out 6 chicks in April, straight run, and ... all 6 are roosters! Pretty disappointing. So, my birds are going on 4 months old. I want chickens primarily for eggs ~ I don't eat...
  2. Dani & Mikey

    Help w/ my Chicken Checklist?

    Hello BYC friends! We are about to receive our 6 week old pullets that my good friend @Rachel Taylor raised from fluff balls for us! To say we are excited would be a huge understatement. We have been reading and researching nonstop and I am fairly sure we are set and ready to go. I am running...
  3. CajunFeatherz

    Help: NPIP biosecurity pro thread!

    I was looking around at some threads for my upcoming attempt at NPIP certification, when I realized maybe we could open a new collective thread to compile ideas about flock management/biosecurity methods that existing NPIPers use. Can some of you NPIP certified flock raisers post your location...
  4. KHBaker

    Free Ranging Decisions...

    Hello! This forum has been so helpful already, and as a new chicken owner, I'm finding myself needing advice yet again. Last night with the storms, we moved our chickens into the barn. They love the barn stall and we are considering moving them in full time! The issue is that we can't be there...
  5. m1chelle1

    Buff Orpington, Australorp, Jersey Giant, and Easter Eggers (Americaunas) together in one Flock??

    Hello BYC Family! I've got a pretty broad random question for you all. So I'm looking at raising a flock (from scratch) my last flock were sadly killed by coyotes while being watched by my parents while I was traveling for work :hit:hit...so im looking at starting a mixed flock this time...
  6. SugarGroveFarm

    Interested In All Flock Feed And Snacks For Flock Memebers

    Hello! I am interested in starting a flock. I want to have it all chickens, ducks, geese, swans, peafowl, turkeys the whole thing. I was just wondering if there is a feed that is universal for all these types of birds? What's the best all flock feed? Also what are some good snacks for those...
  7. Primal Chickens – 6 chicken keeping secrets from the evolution of chickens

    Primal Chickens – 6 chicken keeping secrets from the evolution of chickens

    When I got started with backyard chickens, I was excited by the idea of fresh eggs every day and I had this romantic idea of chickens pecking around contently in my garden. But the reality was very different. They trashed more veggie gardens than I would like to remember, turned the chicken run...
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  8. Reiki Rooster

    Crazy But Can 2 Rooster Brothers Live Together??

    Hello, here is my question, I've been hand raising this last batch of chicks, hand fed every day for months. 6 hens 2 roosters, they are now about 6 months old ( give or take a month ) and I have introduced them to my main flock of 10 hens. Normally, I would of re-homed both roosters but my head...
  9. DrFeathers

    BestPet Chicken Cook Chicken Cage Pens Crate Rabbit Cage Enclosure Pet Playpen Exercise Pen

    Size 86”x40”x40” converting an old plastic playhouse into a small second coop to help with grow-out and see-but-not-touch integration of 3 new chicks/pullets to my current flock of 6. Was thinking about using this as a temporary/removable run as part of that system. (Would put down some wire...
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