I've had these 4 girls for 19 weeks and am wondering what kind they are. Some people have said Comets, Sex-linked, RIR and Production Red. As of now I am leaning towards Production red. Oh and one more thing, I got them at TSC. Can you help me decide?
This is the best pic i could find...
I have 5 18-19 week girls, one has been laying steady for the last 6 days. None of the others have started to lay yet. I just put the girls to bed and I checked the coop for eggs just in case. I spotted this in the poo pile under the roost. Ive heard of chickens laying eggs with no shells...
I have 5 hens (4 Red Star, 1 Golden sea bright banty) who are 16 weeks, they haven't started laying yet but I would expect/like them to be curious about the nest boxes I built and would like them to know that the boxes are there. While they are in the coop they seem to ignore them, I know they...
Hey BYC, I haven't been posting in awhile but here is a story for ya.
I live in an semi urban area and have 5 girls (4 Red Star, 1 Gold Seabright Banty). Ive been upgrading their coop and run a lot recently and I made new ramps for the nest boxes and I decided while I was at it why not make...
Yesterday I bought 12 egg laying chicks (9 Rhode Island reds and 3 bantams) and I'm in the process of building the coop now, and I'm not sure how high off the ground and the dimensions to make the boxes for the hens to lay the eggs in. Anyone have some measurements?