Hi folks! Sorry this is long, but wanted to be thorough. Just wanted suggestions & advice.
My 16 hens are all almost 2 yrs old, with 3 diff batches being about 2-4 weeks apart in age. I used to have 2 brahmas but found one dead at the bottom of the roosting bars several months ago - don't know...
Okay, I've read till my head feels like it will explode. Some of you may remember my post about the chicken feeder made from a garbage can with 8 feeder holes. I made it so when I go back to work (12 hr days jan-april, tax season), I won't have to worry about feeding, watering, or letting them...
Does the forecast in the article below concern anyone else in my area, or am I worrying too much? Should I take any particular steps to safely keep my 17 girls warmer this winter?
Their coop is made from chain link overlayed with hardware and chicken wire. There is also shade cloth over 3...
I'm planning to build one of those no waste feeders made from a Rubbermaid barrel and 8 pvc holes for the hens' heads. Questions I have are, 1) do the chickens eat more because there is so much food available at one time? I kinda want to fill it and forget it for a while but NOT buy more food...
I need recommendations for a type of netting to use over the area I want to let my flock free range. They've never been out of their coop/run combo and I'd like to get them used to the great outdoors before our weather turns bad (I'm in eastern north carolina) and get them trained to an...
These 2 BPR were both supposed to be female chicks when I bought them, but now that they're about 18 weeks old, I'm seeing a difference in their combs. What do you folks think?