I installed the nest box last weekend. I had a hen acting weird so I checked the egg box - nothing. I went to get some straw today to put in the box. When I opened the nest box to put the straw in, there was our first egg. How cool that she actually laid it where she was supposed to!
Still waiting on the first eggs...
Fluffy Butt 1 or 2
Red
Blackie
Big Momma w/ a piece of KFC
They love rotisserie chicken from Harris Teeter
Fluffy Butt 1 & 2
Prowling around:
I had a barred owl get into my pigeon coop last year. It went in through the trap door and couldn't get out. I had to start putting a piece of wood over the trap so it couldn't get in. Click below to see the video. I released the owl - they had babies in the woods - I could hear them at night.
I just posted about how I had relocated some black snakes after attempts to eat squeakers. This was in the loft when i got home today. I lost 6 homer squeakers. I gotta plug some holes...
The grit accumulates in their gizzard and it helps them pulverize their food. I keep grit in cups for my pigeons (who don't get out of the coop) along with crushed oyster shells. However, I haven't given my chickens any grit because they have the run of the fenced-in back yard during the day...
Mine just had some left over snapper & shrimp.
I remember as a kid I thought it was weird that my grandma's chickens loved the fried chicken that was part of their flock just that morning...