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our coop is to be for 4 but way to sm so they poop where they nest its right next to it, and there is a metal poop board we didnt know what it was, their nest pole is flat on the poop board so they go all over. Im used to free range at a acerage in a shed w roost bars high up and egg/nest low...

where do you buy your hemp? thanks

oh my gosh, thats a lot of chickens to coop up in that space, we have a 12x12 for 4 and they are to crowded for me, but sm coop says for 4 but really 2 again my opinion. So we have the poop prob often not bad but no choice for bigger coop. We use Hay Bales didnt like the shavings. i wish you the...

Saturday we are fixin to freeze the eggs we have to save for Baking. Anyone done that yet? thx I have directions to do this.

I have been giving our Girls Avacodo Skins but i won't again. Love Back Yard Chickens, and get so many tips thank so all your Viewers. Blessings

we are in N Colorado, use heated water, probly got it off Feed store, in South Dakota i had free range didnt heat water, just filled the rubber tub frzn w fresh on top ea morning. Dif situation.

i have never heard of this. why dont the Hens come home, my Moms did but they never traveled more than a mi ? good luck

thank you , yes i have thought about what you said, will try to add more calcium and not mix it. Its an off and on thing so probly combo of things? i am used to moms free range in country :) :) I am in sm town in Co and yes 90s-100 lately very hot for here early in yr. We run a fan for them and...

One our of 4 Hens at times lays very thin touch and cracks. We feed Cracked Corn, Oyster Shell mixed in maybe we need to do seperately? They r in a 12x12 dog kennel w their lil coop. They are meat/layers big ones but are a tad large. Their Coop is sm even tho it said 4 could live in it...

i learned the lime process on here i believe. Also read you can vaseline them heavily and they will store? i am going to try soon as we get more eggs:)

wow im not sure what to say, sorry doesnt seem like enough. what a sad story to tell, i am so so sorry. when i found that the Avian Birds do heal/live and we can actually eat them, i was shocked. Shocked that Govt does this but why should i be shocked when that is their plan to destroy...

thank you so much, we had them before, a dog killed them, but because they were the first we were just happy we got eggs. These we never heard of, but because we are trying to adjust etc, started ?ing eggs. I never ? it but when i was caring for mom, my 9 Hens laid probly 3-4 a day, i never ...

our chickens love eating Mice, so did moms on her acerage

Hi, our Hens were born in Feb i think, we have 4 they are Meat/Layer Hens. We know Red lays an egg, One w Black tip on tail, the other looks like them but no Black a White tip. My question is, ONE of them doesnt lay and we dont' know which one. Our other chickens all laid, as did my moms when i...