I live in Hawaii, so sunlight hours don't vary a lot in the winter months. My hens range in age from 4 months to 3 years. December 2016 we got 1400 eggs, December 2017 we got 1250. No illnesses ever, had dry pox last year, small amount. We've got only a handful molting this year.
They also...
Hi guys, need some input here. We are in the process of moving away from commercial feed for our 200+ chicken flock. They are getting as much papaya as they want (we have a source for truckloads for just $10!). We also are getting a large amount of kitchen scraps from an organic retreat...
I know it's not large enough. Right now, I'm wanting them to re-acclimate and get to know where home is.
Our plan is to increase their "free-ranging" space a little at a time. We have a full acre that will be shared with our chickens, but I don't want them having access to it all as I don't...
I have a fairly large flock of chickens, around 250 and growing. I have been getting a lot of requests from my customers for duck eggs and/or salted eggs.
An opportunity arose and I got 100+ ducks of various breeds, but mostly Khaki Campbell and Pekin. We picked them up today and the poor...
Aloha neighbor! I've got a largish flock, 250 or so, and many of mine roost up in our trees as well. I feel lucky that we have no predators so my flock can truly free-range the property.
Hey! It's your neighbor down the street. (Sorry out of touch lately, sick chickens and humans but all sorted out now).
I use a heating pad cave on high the first couple of nights, then drop it down to low a couple of nights and then off. Works great!
I was afraid of that. Guess he'll just get to hang with the main flock. Unfortunately he's about 4th or 5th in line, but he's a great tid-bitter for all the chicks running around and a lot of the brooding hens stay close to him.
Grrr...only 32 out of what should be around 60 layers. I've started the process of confining to see who is laying and who isn't.
I'm in Hawaii so no slow down for cooler, shorter days. Thinking I've got some rescued hens who are closer to 3 or 4 years old as oppossed to the 2 years old I...
I know mine too. I have around 200 chickens (lost count after last broody hatches, at least 19 for two of them!) and a duck. I absolutely know who is the queen bee. I also know the ranking of my 5 main roosters and the 10 or so junior roosters (some of which will be heading to freezer camp...
Mostly dry pox. Seems only the newly hatched chicks got wet.
I live in Hawaii, the Big Island. Lots of rain the last couple of weeks and 2 hurricanes headedthis way. Very humid and temps in the 80's.
Virtually no predators (just rats), so coops are all open air, many roost in the trees on...
Ugh! Just found Daisy's clutch of 13 eggs she has been sitting on. Unfortunately she doesn't have a partner so the chickens got a treat. (Broke our hearts, but no idea how long she'd been on them.)
We put some larger fertilized chicken eggs back in her nest. Any chance she'll hatch them? Zero...
I just went a round of fowl pox with my flock. I lost some of the youngsters as I had 2 broodies hatch out 19 each during the mess. I pulled them out of the coop/run as soon as possible, but still lost 5, and a couple now only have 1 good eye despite hours and hours of attention and love...