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They are 2 yrs old. I've never given grit, with them having the open ground in the woods I didn't think they needed it. We turned our horse pasture into their pasture. We just put up chain link fence with electric around the outside and top of it. They molted early Feb. I was getting 110 eggs a...

Only in the upper 80's, not really hot yet. Their fence and coop are in the woods. That's why we have have to throw them grass.

Ok I have a delima. Last week my hubby was in the hospital, and I had thelady that normally takes care of my chickens while I'm out of town do it last week for me. She called me and told me she was finding fewer and fewer eggs each day. I got home and now I'm getting like 6 eggs from 113 hens...

Quote: I ordered them from Ideal Hatchery. I haven't figured out how to get pics from camara to computer yet. I took pics with my phone, but when I went to down load them here, it said it was to big. My phone is set on it's smallest setting. Sorry

I sell to local produce stands for $2.00, (then they sell them for $3). I sell to individuals for $2.50 (I'm told this is cheaper than the cage free eggs in the grocery store). We barly make enough to pay for the feed. I think unless you selling to the store, there really isn't any money profit...

Question about silkies. I have 4. I think 1 is a roo (he has a sort of purplish red rosebud looking thing on his head that the others don't) and the other 3 are hens. They are solid white with blue faces, beaks, feet & legs. Their earlobs are also the most beautiful irridesent blue I've ever...

Considering store bought eggs usually don't see a refridgerator till it gets to the store about 3 - 8 wks after it's laid . You're safe. I pick up in the afternoon when I get off work. There are some days that I don't get home till around 8 o'clock @ night (overtime). By the time I get supper on...

It is possible they are laying and one of two things is happening. They are laying and hiding them. Or they are laying and getten eaten. I have 10 outside of my fenced pature. I hear them all day long doing their little laying cackle anouncing to the world they layed an egg. I go out around 5 in...

I must be one of the lucking ones on here. We have had a mama bear around here for about 8 yrs now. She never messed with my horses or my chickens. This year she even had 2 baby cubs. Now I do keep 3 strands of electric fence around it. When I tested it (not on purpose, I accidently grabbed it)...

Quote: Yeah, I guess I will eventually have to use a watermelon box. When will my grocery store in MA have them? I went to our local Sam's club & they had big "watermelon boxes" That oranges came in. They where happy to give me one. I get mine from Sam's also. They hold 100 really great for...

Quote: Same here. We have 127 laying right now and in the brooders we have 70 mixed satndard breeds (7wks), 100 brown leghorns & 50 RIR (5wks)old. They should be laying around end of June begining of July. Hubby is actually talking about buying 100 Columbian Rocks when these babies go out to...

112 out of 127 laying right now.

Sorry to hear that. We lost over 100 chickens last summer to cyotes. Didn't even know they were around till our St. Bernard died at age 14. We got one pyr last fall (Snowy) haven't lost another since. We got another pyr puppy last night, (Brandy) she's 8 mnths old to help Snowy out. We know when...

We have 326 so 26175+326=26,501

Last year we lost our beloved St. Bernard Dusty. She was 2 months from turning 14 yrs. when she died. We had gotten her when she was 3 wks old, (I know that's to young, but it's a long story, and we didn't know she was so young). While we had her we never lost chickens. We had a flock of 140...