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Enough water - damp sand and shade for extreme heat - Mine have come through over 110F. Shade moves through out the day, and shade needs to be available at all times. No need for ice in the water. But a real need for a lot of water. As for the cold. Do not think warm, instead, think DRY. A lot...

I may be completely wrong, but often times on here, new people to chickens with 6 chicks, have a pre-fabricated coop that they have been told will hold 6 birds. And because your chicks are smaller and not full grown, you may not be aware that even though they sell them that way - they really do...

At 3.5 months he is in the darling stage, but it is quickly going to be changing, he is going to be harassing those pullets pretty darn quick, long before they are even remotely interested in this. This causes a lot of tension and strife in a flock. Some cockerels are very aggressive. If he goes...

I can see how you are overwhelmed. But a lot of it is rather imaginary. Sometimes I think very sensitive people should not get chickens, cause it can be so hard on them. Chickens forget their best friend in the flock in a matter of days. Even if you are out there, and raised them, it won't make...

Introducing them will be easy if you have enough escapes, and a lot of clutter in your run. I create a pen in the run, that the chicks can escape from, they are not locked in there, however, big chickens cannot fit in to this. What works best for me, is a fence that is a few inches off the...

Those are pure bred exchequer longhorns - must be out of that hen.

I looked it up, the black and white chicken is an exchequer leghorn. I got an assortment of leghorns from Sandhills preservation two years ago, they lay a white to off-white egg. When I originally posted, I could not remember the name. No it is not a chipmunk marking, it is just a black...

Long John’s , pretty sure a mutt rooster, that is turning out fair.

So I have a ragtag bunch, laying different colors of eggs, crossed with mutt rooster. I used the non brown eggs to hatch, coming from brown longhorn chicken, a black and white speckled longhorn and production red who lays green eggs to hatch. I got three yellow chicks, but one has a black...

Funnest hobby ever!

I understand your not wanting to cull them, but do know sometimes a bachelor pad does not work, or works for a while, and then does not work. Sometimes it works just fine. Thing is roosters are a crap shoot, and they can be quite aggressive, to humans or to hens, or to other roosters. Sometimes...

PS. I do have a lot of space, and a lot of clutter in my run.

A trick I use when sending chicks to the big coop, is a box or small dog crate. While in the brooder, I put them in the crate at night to sleep. Then when they are 3-4 weeks old, I put the crate in a safety zone in the run. The safety zone is a place where the big girls cannot fit. I have food...

Well, just as an FYI, I have a red production hen, classic markings for a red production hen - and she lays the prettiest green egg. Just saying I was surprised.

I had a grow out pen, for 5 roosters - I swear they didn't have time to eat.

Really people have very limited effect on laying. If the rest of your girls are laying well, your diet is probably good. There is a lot of natural variance in all biological acts, of which laying is one. Check for a hidden nest, and make the decision whether or not to cull. If you have a cull...

When you have multiple roosters, they have crowing contests. That is all this is.