Posts by bruceha2000

The girls will stay out until 7:45, even 8 on a sunny day and tend to go into the barn earlier in gray weather. It was gray yesterday and I was doing some stuff near the front of the barn just after 7. One of the Cubalayas came out the...

Quote: Originally Posted by rendezvous1838  I will wait to judge the photo sensor until summer when the big tree is leafed out and the sun is more North East that South when it sets.   Wow! What planet is...

Quote: Originally Posted by OohLaLa  The pullet shut door looks flimsy in the pictures, how does it Stand up to critters trying to open it? I was hoping to run on battery/solar any suggestions?   Not flimsy AT...

No extras yesterday, 7 again today.   Made it to Chicago, 3 hours on the train in Albany waiting for the bridge to get fixed.    Bruce

April 14th: 7 15th: 8 16th: 8 17th: 7 18th: 8 19th: 6 20th: 7 - but that was at 1:30 PM and I left for a train trip to Chicago (stuck in Albany, NY where we boarded at the moment with a bridge problem) and I don't know if...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathychick  The girls are finally here. They didn't have any Salmon Favs so we have 2 Barred Rocks. Barred rock (2) Golden laced Wyandotte Buckeye Welsummer Black...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpiceGirls  Okay.  Thanks.  I wasn't going to force her to lay in the cage.  But she laid in her nest yesterday so I wasn't sure if she was FULLY broody today and done...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kitty990  okay i got an odd question and thought to post it here, hoping those of you who have grown laying hens can answer it. i have four EEs about 7 weeks and one about 3...

Quote: Originally Posted by FrozenChicken   My building in -40 C will hover around 0 inside so often egg production will fall off for a couple months.   Egg production goes down because of the lower...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSpiceGirls  So, it's not cruel to force a broody to lay an egg in a cage?   From my LIMITED experience, you don't need to force them to lay an egg in a cage. In fact, that...