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I have a young (1 yr) Silkie rooster that was abandoned on our property before we moved in. He’s been alone for about 8 months and very skittish. We purchased 8 pullets (11 weeks old now) and followed all the steps of brooder, to larger brooder, to sectioned off coop, look no touch...

How long to wean chicks off heat in brooder in the coop? They are almost 7 weeks old and it’s 20 degrees at night.

I inherited a large coop with a protected run and a free range run. A young cockerel (not tamed) was abandoned on the property when the previous owners moved out, taking their 30 hens with them. I’ve managed to care for this rooster since the summer and he appears fully grown now, and he’s...

I bought a big bag of freeze dried mealworms for my rooster and 5week old chicks. I decided to research growing my own mealworms, why not? I see all kinds of information about it INCLUDING articles stating that they’re bad for chickens. Is this true?

My name is Angela, a chicken newbie. I inherited a young Silkie rooster that was dumped at the property/house I purchased last summer. A large coop and run were already built, and I’ve managed to keep the rooster alive thus far. Three weeks ago I purchased 8 chicks (2 Wyandotte, 2 Dominique...