I started with 10 chickens-red sex links. Yesterday I woke up to check on my flock and 4 chickens were dead on the coop floor. Almost looked like they fell off their roost and died. Then I found one alive (now dead) laying in the hay but breathing shallow. She died 2 hours later. The first...
I think we have settled on the following breeds for the following reasons. We need calmer breeds (small children), need to be dual purpose and cold hardy.
Barred Rock
Buff Rock
Speckled Sussex
Maybe Delaware?
And just for the fun, maybe an Ameraucana? I want blue/green eggs though-not...
I will be getting 5 chickens with a 4 x 10 coop. I want to split a 10 x 30 run in half so each side of the run is 10 x 15. If I let my chickens out and alternate between the 2 sides each day, will they eat all the grass up still?
Thanks!