Search results for query: *

These are the eggs I gathered today. Usually I get 2 (I have 4 hens). Yesterday, I got one that was lighter than the others, weaker, and grainy. I'm thinking since they were sick, Only 2 were laying, and now the other 2 are just coming back. The one weak egg has always been...(from which hen I...

I have 4 hens. 1 is laying weak shelled eggs. I have tried everything I know to help the egg quality, and the other hens all lay good eggs. but there is the 1...and I don't know which one it is. Can anyone tell me how to define which hen is laying the weak eggs? My birds are all cage free, free...

I have been giving them organic greens, scratch, and other scraps. They stopped eating their mash all together. SO...tonight I locked them in their coop with just lay mash and water. They don't get to come out tomorrow until they eat their mash. If they don't eat in the morning, they will stay...

I have a RIR Rooster that came with the 5 hens all as 2 day old chicks. He was great until he got close to a year old, then he started attacking. I have found 2 solutions: 1. Mr Rooster recognizes me by the cloths (colors) I wear. He's used to seeing me in either shorts, or jeans. If I wear a...

I've had chickens off and on for several years. I still have a lot to learn, but find new things every day to look into. For one, free range chickens as has been mentioned, get into everything. They were getting under the house to keep cool. I thought it was great until...getting on to winter, a...

How do I keep those nesting boxes clean? When I put in straw, they kick it out, if I leave it bare, they poop in there (with straw too). They would rather lay their eggs on the ground and use the nesting boxes as toilets. Some of the hens sleep in them, but there I one box in particular they...

My name is Mimi, I own 6 Rhode Island Red chickens, 5 hens, 1 rooster. They are all cage free, free range, and they get to fly, flap, scratch, dig, peck, and crow/cackle as they please. I live on 1/2 acre in central Arizona. They get into everything, and when I'm working out in the yard, they...