Sexing

[chickens really]

Any advice for sexing a female red campbell 3-4 months old?

Best way is to pick them up and walk away from the flock. Hens will Quack very loud to her flock...
Best of luck....

 

[BeeDuckley]

Best way is to pick them up and walk away from the flock. Hens will Quack very loud to her flock...
Best of luck....

Thank you. I want my hens to be be happy as rainbows, like Prescott. His flock is made of myself, Buddy- a very patient male mastiff, and Geoge- an older jack-russel terrier mix, who always looses the dominace challenge, running away with Prescott attached. Will one hen get depressed when I bring her home to Prescott? Do I need to go ahead and choose 3 bestie hens that kind of like me also? How do I even build a coupe for this? I don't want them to be crowded, or depressed. 8-O

 

[chickens really]

Thank you. I want my hens to be be happy as rainbows, like Prescott. His flock is made of myself, Buddy- a very patient male mastiff, and Geoge- an older jack-russel terrier mix, who always looses the dominace challenge, running away with Prescott attached. Will one hen get depressed when I bring her home to Prescott? Do I need to go ahead and choose 3 bestie hens that kind of like me also? How do I even build a coupe for this? I don't want them to be crowded, or depressed. 8-O

I would bring home three Hens..A Dog Run and Dog house works great for Ducks..a covered run is best... Mine is 10x10..

 

[BeeDuckley]

I would bring home three Hens..A Dog Run and Dog house works great for Ducks..a covered run is best... Mine is 10x10..

Mine is 9x8, but its really tall-9.5"! I used fallen cedar and green hickory.

 

[chickens really]

Mine is 9x8, but its really tall-9.5"! I used fallen cedar and green hickory.
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That's fine....It will work if no predator can climb in?..

 

[BeeDuckley]

I plan on lining the pond correctly with heavy liner and a filter ASAP, and widening the shallow area the whole width for mating. That will make it a full 18"deep, and eliminate the cinderblocks. I've had to ne extremely resourceful.

 

[BeeDuckley]

That's fine....It will work if no predator can climb in?..

That's the scary part: the tippy top of the ladder, on uneven ground, over an 18"water pit, with chivken wire in one hand and a staple gun in thr other!! Que the cameras!

 

[BeeDuckley]

That's the scary part: the tippy top of the ladder, on uneven ground, over an 18"water pit, with chivken wire in one hand and a staple gun in thr other!! Que the cameras!

What about night arrangements? I bring him inside to sleep in a 2x4x3 dog traveller. Can they all squish in there while I finish up the roof?

 

[chickens really]

What about night arrangements? I bring him inside to sleep in a 2x4x3 dog traveller. Can they all squish in there while I finish up the roof?

Probably not?

 

[BeeDuckley]

Probably not?

Uh-oh.