I went into the coop to feed the 15 6mo old girls and 1 6mo old rooster and he attacked me! I smacked him with the feed scoop and he came back at me. I ran out of the coop area and he was right a my heels. I then went back in with the rake to let everyone out in the yard and he chsed me! I...
I stopped in on a family that sell chickens butchered and she keeps them in a tractor cage? it looked small for all the birds some of their feathers were gone and they did not have the freedom to run is this normal for meat chickens? My Layers have a much better life!
I am in north eastern Ohio it was around 47 last night I have 16 girls about 15 weeks old Should I close the coop door at night or should I let them get used to the colder weather and leave the door open. I would like them to be tolerant of the bitter cold to come. At what temp do I sart with...
18 week old chicks out side all summer, now (in northeaster ohio) it is getting cool at night. Should I close their door on the cool evenings or should I leave it open so they will slowly get used to our winters. I was thinking that if I leave it open like I did all summer they will be more...
Can some one explain what the pecking order is all about? I have a group of mixed ages that do well together except at night. They fight over a position on the roost. The roost is plenty big. A few of them peck and squawk over the same place. I don't get it.
I have mixed the ages carfully with good advice from everyone on this web site. I was given 3 1 yr olds and then got 4 babies waited till the babies were 2 months old and brought them out during the day and kept them in a dog kennel in the run. Then when the big girls went out to free range...
I had this problem with several and I learned that the paper towel or rag was rough on the chicks bum so I just let a little warm water run over the area and it came off alot easier then I followed up with vasoline. Good Luck