Hi all!
Trying not to make this post too wordy unnecessarily. So I have 3 chicks that are coming up on four and a half weeks old and 8 chicks coming up on 4 weeks old they are spending the day outside in the coop and run the last few days which is huge and wrapped already for the winter I'm not...
I've been reading - as I'm sure all of us have - about the avian bird flu precautions. We have had a case in 2 counties around us each but nothing in our immediate area has been reported. I was going to take "the girls" outside as it is 82 degrees and absolutely gorgeous - in an effort to...
Hey all, I've come here for a lot of research and looking up knowledge and I'm in need of some advice.
I haven't had chickens since I was a child, so I really don't know what I'm doing, this has been a huge educational site, so thank you all for your posts and comments!
I have an Easter Egger...
A week ago, I bought my first chickens I've had since I was 10 years old (I just turned 40). I grew up on a farm in West Texas and had cows, horses, lambs, pigs, chickens, and dogs. But now I'm stuck in the city and I decided to bring a little agriculture to my city kids (12 yr old daughter and...
Hi Everyone,
I live in a small city in NY. Last year my neighbors decided to raise backyard chickens.
It went fine for the most part. I love the hens as I do all animals. Last fall, the same neighbor bought a larger coop that was OK for 6 hens. The problem is, they haven't left the coop yet and...