Chicken Newbie Here

[MCArt20]

Hi I live in Portland Oregon, and I have two chickens, a bared rock and Rhode Island Red.
I have had them @ 1.5 Monthes. I kind of inherited them from friends,which I am thrilled about.....but have some questions about things going on.....I think having only two possibly creates some issues with hierarchy, but definitely suburban living, so I only want two right now. We have two dogs and a third temporarily living with us, though he may stay from time to time.

 

[redsoxs]

Greetings from Kansas and

. Pleased you joined us. Chickens are social creatures and a solo bird is a sad bird so it's good that you have two. I know I've read a ton of posts about people with only a pair of birds and they seem to get along okay. There is pecking order if there is two or twenty so I think your two will sort out who is the leader and the other who is less dominant. They should get along fine once this is determined. Good luck to you!

 

[Book Em Danno25]

Hello from South Dakota and Welcome to the backyard chickens flock!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Please keep an eye on the dogs, chasing chickens is hard to resist .

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC - you have some great advice already so I'll just say hello!

All the best
CT