head hen

Hubby finally relented to the whole we need chickens idea. He agreed to hire someone to build a coop since he did not have the time to do so. He then agreed to getting pullets vs chicks because the idea for ‘farm animals’ in the house did not appeal to him. I’m not one to wait for him to change...

I am working on slowly reintroducing my head hen back to the tiny flock after an injury. The only thing they all seem interested in is figuring out what mesh is. None have tried to attack each other through the mesh. I am having a lot of anxiety about letting her out when shes better. So, does...

So my head hen had an impacted crop and had to get surgery. During that time she also sprained her leg. She has been inside recovering and the more I read about sprained legs I am getting worried about reintroducing her. She was the head hen out of the three and they were all raised together...

Hi everyone. We recently discovered that one of our four hens is a rooster. We're not allowed to keep roosters where we live and have arranged for someone to take him to a happy home. And we'd like to add another hen as soon as possible to the coop, ideally the same age as the other ladies...