I have two coops each one has 5 nests in it and I have 9 hens, only 1 hasn't started laying yet, and 2 Roos. The coops are connected by a small chicken size door that I can close off if I need to. Funny I haven't noticed her pecking at anyone in the small coop, only the big coop and they do all...
Sheesh, I've been away for a week and it's gonna take me all day to get caught up on the ONLY thread I bother to read anymore! I just had to comment here...b o i n k is a funny word. This made me giggle. I love this thread!
While I'm on here I'm going to ask a serious question: My...
I use hay and they seem to love it. I have a couple of nests lined with shavings and they never lay in those. They make a perfect little circle in the middle of the nest in which they lay their eggs. It's so funny too, right now I have 4 girls that are laying in the same nest and my little...
Therapydoglady, you will be sorely missed...Good luck and May God Bless You as you have blessed so many of his creatures on this planet.
HappyHenMama (aka) Kimberly
Oh Bee, your taking me down the trail to the "good ol days". I'm not an OT, but I grew up going to Auction with my Great Uncle to bid on sheep or cattle or to sell what he had raised and then we would make a stop at the ol feed store to pick up feed and supply's. I remember being out on the...
I got one, I got one, no I got two, no I got three!
I'm so darn excited I can hardly stand it! It feels like I've been waiting y e a r s. I was gone all day yesterday so I didn't even check for an egg...I had given up. This morning their were two eggs in one nest box. One was from my...
I've been reading all day and I'm having the best time LMAO, you OT's are a hoot! I haven't been on BYC since Friday.
Anyway Bee I'm curious about this approach and I wanted to ask what you think about a small run-in I had with my Rooster. He is a 16 month OEGB, very small and usually...
Yep, I have to say...and certainly no one has to listen, but I have been on this thread since it was started up. The reason??? Because my Great Uncle Lee was a rancher who raised Cattle and Sheep and he didn't sugar coat ANYTHING! I loved him and he was a decent caring human that grew up in...