My neighbors complained about my roosters so I had to get rid of them. Now that my roosters are gone, 2 of my hens take turns and make a lot of noise throughout the day. We want to avoid the city telling us we need to get rid of all our hens. Is there any chicken breed that is naturally...
My hens will not eat their food. We have tried pellets, scratch and now Henhouse Reserve. They only want greens, fruits and grubs. I have noticed that they will eat the crumble feed for the baby chicks. What can I do to make them eat their food? I do not want them going hungry or becoming...
I originally was going off a theory that the baby chicks I hatched in the incubator were male or female based on the feather growth patterns. 3 have super slow feather growth compared to the rest. My chickens are White Orpington, Black Australorp, RIR/wyandotte mix and RIR/welsummer mix and the...
All my hens were either bought, 4 black Australorp, or hatched from incubator, 3 Wyandotte mix (2 are broody and setting on eggs) and 1 White Orpington. This is the first time 2 of my hens went broody as we were hatching some in the incubator and I don't know what to do. They are low in the...
I received 12 eggs from my dad who got them from a neighbor. He doesn't know the names and these are the only ones who have different coloring than the rest.