flock

Hello everyone. I purchased a bag of flock party dried crickets to supplement my Rhode Island Red pullets' diets with some protein when they were about a month old. Initially, they went crazy for them. They loved these treats. Now my chicks they are 3 and a half months old and refuse to eat...

Hello all, my hens are almost to laying age (12 weeks old at the moment I have about 20 hens but of different breeds some are said to start laying as early as 14 weeks) my question is I've read once they start to lay they need switched to layer feed but only then same goes for oyster shells...

Help I was suppose to be giving a rooster away to his new home to a new flock on Wednesday but found today that he has coccidiosis! ): obviously I don’t want the other persons flock to be sick to either way I would tell them to quarantine but should I just tell them I want to treat him first...

Hi, I'm new to chicken keeping ( about 4 month) Any advice or tips would be much appreciated I have a chocolate Wyandotte (Ethel) Lavender araucana (Gladys) White polish (Lizzy) + her 3 chicks (polish X Wyandotte) (Pekin X Wyandotte) (Chocolate Wyandotte) Also RIP to Sylvia the Pekin...

Hi there. I have 4 old pullets and a mean rooster. He’s not mean to the hens by any means; he does his job well. He simply hates humans. It's a small price to pay for the protection he provides my girls. I’ve been raising 8 female chicks in the same coop, with the chicks separated in a rabbit...

Hi everyone 👋 so we have four flock members, 2 faverolles (salmon and bircher) and two warrens/goldlines. I’m wondering whether the goldlines are roos or pullets. I spotted what looks like the beginnings of a thin black tail feather on one yesterday and thought I should check. They hatched on...

I only plan to have quail as far as poultry goes, so would I be able to have a small all male guinea flock? Im going to have my quail caged but the guinea roam free/cooped at night. Would having a small flock of, let's say, 3 or 4 males work?

Hello! i have 4 2-year-old ISA Brown hens who are as sweet (to people) as can be. One of them can be testy but nothing like a leghorn or RIR; if you move too quickly they crouch. They’ve always been absolute babies, and they let me cuddle them and get along well with the goats. In February of...

We have a flock of 8 hens who happily live in our back garden. They have an Eglu fox proof coop meaning in the summer they don’t need to be shut in their coop at night. Over the last few weeks one chicken in particular, (the second in the pecking order) has been making an extremely loud...

I am Laylah and I’m in Washington state. I am new to raising chickens. I purchased 6 baby chicks, hatched on April 2nd. 2 silver spangled hamburgs 2 Salmon Faverolle 2 Blue laced red Wyandotte’s I’m really loving these birds... I’m excited fir them to start laying. Thanks for letting me join...

Just a quick question. About a week ago, a pigeon just flew in and joined my flock of Brahma hens. The bird eats their food, dust bathes with them, follows them around all day, joins them in the coop at night, etc. The bird has NO BANDS on its feet. I know *nothing* about pigeons. Can anyone...

As of June 17 I will be working towards setting up a small flock of Chantecler chickens. Due to the rural location and long distances I think it's best to start with hatching eggs. I was wondering who is out there that has had success with Chantecler chickens? I wanted a cold-hardy breed, and...

Well this journey started a little over a year ago when a guy at work needed to rehome a rooster. Growing up on a farm and visiting my grandparents as a child left fond memories of going out to the coop and grabbing some eggs for breakfast. It also left lasting memories of animal husbandry and...

So I’m quite new to chickens and I got some 11 week old pullets about 1 week and half ago. My family outvoted me and decided we needed to also get one laying hen. About 3 days ago we picked up this frizzle hen from a sketchy Craigslist lady. The Craigslist lady says that she is if laying age but...

After almost two weeks of careful integration I’ve finally and successfully added my chicks to the rest of my flock. About two weeks ago I moved my 5 week olds to the coop with the rest of my flock, separating a portion with hardware cloth. And during the day they were penned outside after a...

I’ve never introduced new chickens into my flock until now. I got started pullets. I did everything they say todo when introducing new members. Quarantine, then introduce through fencing for some time, then in the run together supervised, etc. everything is fine, kinda? My roo and his three...

Hello all, I have a sick duck I think. It is a 8-9 week old white peking duck and it won't extend it's neck even while walking. I should add that sometimes it will extend its neck but only about half way. It has whitish diarrhea, eye discharge and can get around but struggles it looks like...

My chicks are 8/7 weeks old, are outside in the coop with my 7 2 yr olds. I have them separated by hardware cloth and during the day they have a separate outdoor enclosure although I have been letting them out to “mingle” with the older girls. At night some of them run straight to their side of...

So we are being gifted 7/8 chickens and a rooster from a family member. He let them free range, which we plan to do, but we have a coop and run that is predator proof as well. The questions I have are: How do we transport them to our house? Do we keep them in the coop and run for a while or...

I recently moved my pullets out to the coop with my existing flock but have kept them separated by hardware cloth. When will they be big enough to roost with the big girls?