I'll keep it quick and short, is our little baby a hen or a rooster? We got her a few days/weeks ago to replace our rooster, since we can't have any of those. She doesn't crow, for now, but we don't know how old she is. She still peeps. Our other hen pecks her from time to time too. Any ideas...
This past summer we got lucky and found two Crevecoeurs and two Porcelain Leghorns to start us off on our chicken raising ventures. Sadly, I lost the flock leader, our big Crevercoeur, to a cat recently and would like to find at least one to two more to round out our flock again. Their...
Hi my name is Bri,
Tragedy brought me to this awesome group of chicken lovers.
We had a flock of 1yr old ladies. Tragically I came home to my entire flock massacred! The renters dog Nextdoor dug under our fence and killed them. (Husky)
I was hoping to find someone in my area who has 1yr old...
My chickens have a 20' x 24' area to forage around in but it has NO grass anymore. My girls love to munch on some blades of grass so I have been grabbing from our yard and giving them that each day. Growing fodder sounds like a never ending job and I will be honest, I am confused as to what I...
My current flock consists mostly of pullets, with a few favorite hens (around 30 total). A lot of the pullets are laying now. Jack, my avatar roo will be 4 years old this coming spring. I don't want to replace him b/c he has been a wonderful roo, loves his babies, and throws the blue egg...