If a shipped egg gets to the point of hatching, day 17+ and it dies can I still blame the postoffice or is it something that is happening in the hatching. I have had 1 egg hatch in 16 and over half of them made it to the last few days. They died in their shell. Humidity is at 66+% the last 3...
I have two white rocks 2 months old. They have been on chick starter - Should I switch them to meat bird feed and butcher them in a month or longer? I wanted layers and got some white rocks. After reading about Meat Birds I am for sure going to get some Cornish-x's next spring. My concern is...
The proposed ordinance:
Seek an annual permit.
Raise no more than 15 Hens.
Notify property owners within 300 feet of their plans to tend chickens.
Build a coop no larger than 6 feet tall with at least 2 square feet of space per chicken. Owners must enclose the coop in quarter-inch hardware...
I read you should have a night light in your coop for the girls. Mine was too far from the house to run electricity so I went solar. I got a $4.00 solar walk way light from wal-mart. I screwed the top off (it had the solar cell on it) used the based of it for the pattern to cut into the top...