Bought a house - previous owner moved to a town home so we kept the chickens. There is a decent amount of space on the property, and half of it is a forested hillside.
Any suggestions for a newbie? A new coop is definitely first thing on my list. And a fence around the property.
One of the chickens is an outcast and I feel bad for her, doesn’t leave the coop when the others go out in the yard and doesn’t eat treats from the ground just food from the feeder. The other chickens get along well it seems.
Kill the rooster now. Your neighbors will thank you.
Thankfully the nearest neighbour is about 500ft away, one of the attractions to this place.
I have some roosters in the neighborhood and I find them quite charming so not everyone hates them.
I don’t agree with killing the rooster for the neighbors sake, but 500ft is not nearly enough to drown out the sound of a rooster
Roosters are very loud. I’ve lived in two houses where some neighbor asshole had roosters.
Some people don’t mind the sound of roosters. I grew up on a farm so to me they’re just the sound of morning.
In my experience Roosters cockadoodledo all day long; not just the mornings.
No I think they meant kill it before the rooster grows too big, like bigger than you. They start forming gangs with other large animals. Roughing up and backhanding smaller animals. At that point they become much harder to kill since they are part looney toon. They are an absolute menace, do yourself that favor now.
That chicken is now a Senator from Kentucky in his 10th term.