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Oh goodness - I was not complaining or disgruntled. I was making what I thought was a funny post. I got her out of the production red bin, she looks like a production red, she lays like a production red, other than they are green. I was surprised when she went broody, just laughing at myself...

When you say that the coop is designed for 6 birds, and you say, they are roosting on the top of the coop instead of going into it, and you say that you are a bit of a novice, I start to worry that this mean you have a pre-fab coop. Integration is always tough in small spaces, and really those...

This is going to sound crazy - but it has worked for me. This is about territory and territorial rights. So flip the birds, put the big girls where the little girls are and vice versa. The thing is, that being side by side does not give territorial rights. The little chicks are pretty convinced...

If you search this forum, you are going to find many rooster posts where the darling turned into the nightmare. You are going to find a lot of advice that if you do this, act like that all will be well. When asked for advice -(and you did) I would recommend a hen only flock for the first year...

She came from Hoover, I didn't order her, I just picked her up from the feed store - a couple of extra chicks. She could be a starlight. She is a determined and kind of scary broody. I have Mrs. feathers that just hatched out three chicks. Mrs Feathers is an old girl. Might be nice to have...

For your own peace of mind while you are gone, I would separate them. You can start over when you come back.

There is something called chicken math, in which more is better. And without a doubt you can cheat on the numbers during the summer, the weather is nice, and the days are long and the nights short. But the long dark nights of winter are coming, here in SD, my birds will roost up before 4:30...

Seriously, last year I had a broody hen, and gave her a couple of chicks, a production red. She is a lovely, busy and active bird with traditional coloring of the red front fading to white behind... definitely a production red. She lays green eggs. They are suppose to lay brown. She went...

I did not mean to offend you and I tried to make that clear that I could be totally wrong about your set up. The thing is, the amount of space one has, is a big part of the integration issue. And the information in the pre-fab kits is misleading. I do agree with the post above, that if you...

ps. waiting until 4 weeks is just fine.

No this won't work. 46 + 9 =55 head? You would need a huge coop of about 220 square feet, 20 x 11. Oh wait, and 6 bantams...bad case of chicken math. It really won't work, it will really be a wreck. I don't mean to rain on your parade, but sell some birds. Keep them till they feather out and are...

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.