The problem is I can't let them go back & forth safely. They won't be protected from hawks, our biggest daytime predators. They are happy in the day area other than when they have to lay.
I have 4 chickens and a secure coop with a small run on one side of the patio. Out in the yard I have a bigger area that is only secure during the day. When they're in the day area and want to lay, they pace back and forth by the gate till I let them back into the coop and nest boxes. If I added...
Elvis at 18 weeks. Is this a 3 row comb? Is she a he?
Elvis and the other girls, all 18 weeks.
Elvis and Little Feather at 16 weeks. Roosters?
Elvis running, 16 weeks.
Elvis at 16 weeks.
Elvis and Little Feather at 16 weeks.
Elvis at 11 weeks.
Elvis and Tiger Lily at 11 weeks...
I'm starting work on this in my area, chickens are currently illegal. It would be nice to find some existing information that people have used so I don't have to start from scratch.
Yes, put linoleum or vinyl flooring down over the wood, after you clean the wood. Add some DE (food grade diatemaceous earth) and pine chips over that. If you can handle a lot of pine chips in your apartment, you should consider using the deep litter method...
I think Shawn has the same concern as I do. I have 4 EE pullets (6 mos). Only one is laying. I've gotten 4 little eggs in 2 weeks. She goes in and out of the nest box. If I let them out to free range in their day run will she lay an egg in there? How will I know when she wants to lay? Should I...
My EE girls are almost 22 weeks and have been acting different for the past few weeks. They are more vocal and flighty and bossy. None of them have even checked out the nest boxes though. Please give me a sign that I'll get eggs soon.