Hello! I got laying chicks in spring and am starting to get the hang of it. I was in our local Tractor Supply and found fall chicks for a quarter! I brought them home only to find out that they are meat chickens! What can others tell me about Red Rangers (I'm not finding much)? I read a post...
We had three birds, all from hatchlings. Unfortunately, a raccoon was hungry and we lost one. We thought 3 birds were ideal for us. We would like to introduce a new bird to the flock and do not know if this is an easy task or something that might take some special steps.
This is my first go at raising chickens. Approx 6mo ago I got 4 chicks. I had one roster in the mix I re-homed about 2mo ago once he strarted... well being a rooster! But have 3 hens almost grown. I believe there breeds are a (Plymouth barrel Rock), one (leghorn) , one (Whittington). I could...
I'm new to having chickens (long time dream come true). I had a tight knit group of 4, that I got when they were about 6 weeks old. 2 started crowing (about a week ago), and we found the roos another home. My goal was to trade the 2 Roos for 2 hens, but I came home with 5 hens (I hear that's...
I am brand new to the chicken world. I received two White Sussex for Mothers' Day and they have captured my heart. They wandered everywhere together. Unfortunately, while someone was taking care of them while I was away for 2 days, they flew the coop. After three days, only one returned. My...
A couple months ago, I moved houses. We made a coop out of a room in the barn that was used for horses or cows by the previous owner. All my chickens from my old house loved the new place and were doing just fine. Then, I decided to add new chickens. I got 4 Speckled Sussex and 2 Polish hens...
Our two youngest pullets (a Polish and a Cream Legbar) are about ready to join the rest of our flock. We've integrated a batch before, but there were 8 of them and we had only 4 older chickens so the integration was pretty smooth. However, this time we only have 2 pullets to introduce, and now...
Hi, let me give you a little back story... previously I had two hens. They are 2 1/2 years old. Last month one of them became egg bound. I did all the suggestions and she passed it the following morning. I even followed it up with a vet visit just to double check. He said that he could treat her...