I have an invasive morning glory that I believe should be on the bad to eat list. My birds ignore it. I also purchased a bag of clover seed for their yard area but it came coated. Tough to keep the yard green.
I use branches but still have a couple of gals that pile into the nest. Throw them out every night at dusk otherwise I get dirty eggs the next morning. Would love to solve that problem.
I kept rabbits years ago inside a chicken wire hutch. Came out one morning to the massacre your worried about and yes the wire was attached very well. I’m guessing the culprit was either a fisher cat or raccoons. My chickens now reside in a very solid coop with a run totally enclosed in 1/2...
I started blocking the nest box by jamming a slightly deflated Basketball in the opening just before dusk and pulling it out each morning coincidentally by girls started laying this week love those warm days.
I have more than one that sleeps in the nesting box but the main culprit in an old very large hen who doesn’t like to fly and hits the ground with a thump if I don’t place her down gently.
I understand her not getting up on the roosting bars(2) but I need to keep her out of the box. The smaller...
This question probably belongs in the chicken behavior forum but I like to see the activity in our Mass. thread. Does anybody else have hens that sleep in a nesting box instead of up on their roosting bars and if so what have you done to stop the habit.
I have tried blocking the nest several...
I would love to give your hens a new home. I have been keeping chickens for 5 years now and of my current Gang of Four three where adopted from a family that had to move. They would be well cared for.
Powerhour