Search results for query: *

My new chicks just began to lay their first eggs but are not laying eggs in their boxes, only on the ground outside. I put fake wooden eggs in a couple of the boxes to try to show them where to lay but they still lay outside. How can I get them to lay in the laying boxes?

All my hens (16) seem to have started to have diarrhea. I was told to add one tablespoon of Cream of Tartar to a gallon of water. Is this an old wives tale or could it help? They are a little over 4 months old and not yet laying. Five RIR, eight Barred Rocks, and three Ameraucana (and one...

One of my 4 Ameraucana chickies bolted in size to almost 3 times as large as the other 3. Could this mean she is a roo? They are almost 4 weeks now but were all the same size when I got them 3 weeks ago.

Three weeks ago I bought 4 Americaunas and 3 Barred Rocks baby chicks. Everything seemed to be going well until tonight when the Barred Rocks cornered one of the Americaunas (the largest and fastest growing chick) and pecked on her until she started to bleed. Fortunately, I check on the babies...