New to chicken husbandry

[shady oak lady]

Hi. Retired to the country a year ago and got my first 6 chickens a couple months ago. 3 Buff orpingtons and 3 RI reds. All about 3 months old. Girls are doing mostly good. Ran into this site when trying to figure out why one wont sit on the roost. Super glad to have found you.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello! Welcome to BYC!! Conratulations on your retirement.

 

[Wormhunter]

Hi. Retired to the country a year ago and got my first 6 chickens a couple months ago. 3 Buff orpingtons and 3 RI reds. All about 3 months old. Girls are doing mostly good. Ran into this site when trying to figure out why one wont sit on the roost. Super glad to have found you.

Hiya Shady Oak Lady,
I am new to chicken keeping too, I’m based in a forest area of the uk and have 7 red hens which are now approx9 months old
They are great fun and very interesting
I’ve found this site great for advice
and ideas, chicken behaviour has been a main ficus( who knew chickens had such different personalities!!)
Our 7 ladies all have names ( including Olaf and Elsa! ) and two of them are rowdy noisy chookies!
keep in touch

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC! have a good day !

 

[sourland]

Congratulations on your retirement, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[CNJ]

Hello, I have two 3 month old hens that I have to carry in every night and place on the roost next to my older 5 month old hens. I open the coop door and let them out every morning, but they wait for me to tuck them in at night. I did not think adding chicken to different age groups would be so troublesome.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUN-omenal Flock!

I hope you enjoy BYC as much as we do!

 

[Sally PB]

Welcome Shady Oak Lady! This is the nicest forum I've ever been on. If you have any questions, just ask. Someone will know the answer or have a suggestion. Very knowledgeable group here. Enjoy!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
The one not on the roost may be getting driven off if it's low ranking. How many feet of roost space do you have? How large is your coop in square feet?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Hi. Retired to the country a year ago and got my first 6 chickens a couple months ago. 3 Buff orpingtons and 3 RI reds. All about 3 months old. Girls are doing mostly good. Ran into this site when trying to figure out why one wont sit on the roost. Super glad to have found you.

Welcome to BYC! Glad to have you!