Okay so my babies have hatched 5 days ago am I able to take them outside for little outside time? In the grass then put them back inside in their box or do I have to wait till they are older for little outings ?
HI backyard chook lovers!
We’re a couple of new chook parents from Melbourne, Australia, where it is currently cold, rainy and a bit miserable. We’ve never had chickens before and are learning/loving them a lot as we go.
Over lockdown we raised five beautiful ladies, two black Australorp x New...
Hey y’all! I Posted a thread about my newly, “Free Range” set up in this section (asking general questions about what they needed in their newly fenced in chicken sanctuary) and the conversation quickly turned into Chickens VS Grass!!! And then to the Attacks from above!! It is imperative that...
Hi,
I am creating a new veggie garden from scratch on my land in Vermont. This land has not had anything built on it - so my staked veggie garden area is grassy, mossy, anty.
I am wondering if chickens set loose on the area in a chicken tractor would tear up the grass and aerate the soil or...
I currently have 40 hens, 10 are several years old and 30 are two months old.
I let then free range on the weekends and evenings when I am home.
For the most part I'd say they are fairly helathy. A few years ago, I lost 4 or 5 within a 2 month period .
All seemed slow, and sitting in the corner...