My chickies eat pretty much anything in the garden except for a few things, one of those being herbs. I saw online that chickens are supposed to love herbs but mine just avoid them. I worry more that mine will dig out the plants rather than eat them😅
They also seem to completely avoid plants...
Yes...Several. They handle it well, although they have gotten frostbite several times (mostly my roos.) Their coops are insulated and stay a few degrees warmer than outside. We do a deep litter method in the winter so that the extra bedding keeps the coop warmer. They are all cold hardy breeds...
I was just asking because I dropped a chick last year that was still in it's egg (it had a few more days to go until hatching time) and it fell from like 3-4 feet high (I was so mad at myself) and it ended up dying, but that's because it probably really hurt itself from the hard impact when it...
Sometimes when I'm crouching down minding my own business watching the chickens, my black Australorp named Phyllis likes scraping her beak on my back, it really hurts 😅 She does the same thing that @Tulipmasteer talked about their hen doing. She also likes running her beak through my hair and...
this is the big coop's run
That's their coop. Please ignore the mess 😅
This is the small chicken tractor. Also ignore the pool from my duck that's filled with rain water.
Here's their coop.
Here's the inside of the coop, there are 2 roosting bars and 4 nesting boxes.
Okay. So here's my plans, please tell me if they won't/will work.
I am getting 2 chicks very soon at my local hatchery, one maran and a silver laced wyandotte.
Well, I also want 2 cochin bantam chicks (they are my dream chicken.)
I have a big coop and a small coop. The big coop is 23 ft long...