Unfortunately I was conned into 4 Roosters because I’m a new owner. So I’ve had to give away all but one rooster. He’s about a month away from full grown and I’m thinking about buying some chicks that are hopefully hens this time. How would I go about introducing them to my rooster when they’re...
Hello! I have many fun stories of our backyard flock. We have 5 hens and 3 pullets right now. We’ve raised chickens for over 5 years now. Our flock has had many adventures, from notorious escapees to lost chickens, bullies, misplaced eggs and more! Let’s start by introducing 2 members of the...
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About a week ago I lost 4 of my 6 chickens (pullets) to a fox attack. I am trying to replace them ASAP so the other 2 are not too lonely, although they seem extremely bored and a bit different than before. For example they crave attention a lot more and come running much quicker than...
Hello! I've been on here not quite so long, but I feel like I've been asking so many question about my chickens, so I figured I'd join the discussion and introduce them to you! I also thought it would be nice to document our first flock so that we can come back and look at our starting point and...
Hello everyone! I have two bantams and have room in my CT backyard for maybe 3 more bantams/small standards at the most. Preferably two I think. Does anyone have any available for sale?
I really don’t want the little babies to deal with long shipping through different states. If pick up is an...
Okay I am VERY new to this. I got my first ever day old chicks the 1st of April, I wanted 7 chicks but two ended up being roosters so now I have 5 twelve week old pullets. On Friday I went out and picked up two more pullets who were also supposedly the same age. However, these new little ladies...
Hi! I'm Emily, and I have 5 12-week old pullets. They stay in the run most of the day, which is aprx 95sq feet. (fenced in because we live in the countryside-suburbs)
I have heard that the deep litter method can amount to up to 12 inches of compost, and I just don't know if there is enough...
I'm only looking for hens, as I already have two roos I need some more hens! Preferred pullets, but will take older birds as well. Just need three! Please message and let me know if you have any birds for sale in my area.
Hi- I have four pullets that are 11.5 weeks old (RIR, EE, Blue Cochin, and a Black Australorp). They are all acting normally. No signs of distress. They’re all eating. I found some black poop while cleaning around the run today. I keep up with poop pickup so I know it happened today — so if it’s...
I just wanted to write some info here about my chickens to make everyone's day, so here are my four little hen's biographies:
Bertha, the Bossy One:
The picture above is a picture I took of Bertha today, she is going on 7 weeks old.
Bertha has always been the biggest and toughest chicken in my...
My pullets are almost 6 weeks old and getting very restless. Can I move them outside at 6 weeks, even though it is in the 40's outside? I live in Chicago.
Hi all! i posted 6 weeks ago when we first got our chicks asking what breed they were. i got some answers that were very helpful but we have at least 8 different breeds and not all were identifiable at that age! she is very large and mostly black with some reddish brown.
this lovely lady is...
Hi! I’m staring to get worried that one of my girls is a roo :( I’d keep a rooster anyway, but I was really hoping to have all girls. I got them from My Pet Chicken (Snowy Easter Eggers). One of my girls (or maybe boy I guess) is a bit bigger than the others (funny because she was the smallest...
I am new to chickeneering and there are limits as to how many chicks I can have in town, and no roosters aloud. I purchased two buff orpington and one Rhode Island red from a local feed store, but I'm concerned that I may have a bunch of roos. These are about 5 and a half weeks old. Can anyone...
Meet my five babies! 3 Rhode Island Reds and 2 Ameraucanas, all pullets (or should be) I got them from a local store on Sunday, please help me guess their age so I can take care of them the best I can! (treats, temp, etc.) Each picture is a different chicken. Thank you so much!!!!