I did the same with my nesting boxes. I come out at night to make sure they all got inside the coop before the door closes, 2 didn’t make it in last night and were sitting right out side the door like let us in lol . I worry too. We had a couple raccoons up in a tree a couple of days ago just...
Moved the babies out into their coop and they seem to be loving it. The first night we had to put them inside the coop but on day two they went in all on their own. Love seeing them happy and thriving 🥰
Thank you all for replying. The second one which everyone agrees is a cockerel definitely rules the roost and is always chasing after all the others. They are so funny to watch.
These are all my chicks 😃
I’m driving myself crazy trying to tell if a couple of my chicks are male or female. The one is smaller than all the rest but as you can see doesn’t really have any tail feathers at 6 weeks. The other has tail feathers and a pretty developed comb at this point which none of the others do. What...
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I’m new to raising chickens and and getting a little overwhelmed looking for the right size coop. Some of the descriptions can be confusing for example they will say they can house 5-7 chickens and as I continue to read it will say 3-5 full grown chickens. Can anyone recommend some...
New to raising chickens. I have a few friends who do and thought I wanted to give this a try. We currently have 2 dogs, 1 cat, 1 corn snake and several fish tanks. I am retired, my husband works for the Post Office and is the Chief of our Fire Department. I am extremely excited to get started...