Everyone wants to get the most out of their birds and not just eggs. People want happy, healthy birds. I have listed some things you can do to keep your birds happy healthy and productive.
Genetic pattern of the breed of hen
Maximum production of top-quality eggs starts with a closely...
This is my attempt at keep a record book of my chickens egg laying cycles like if she lays for 5 days straight and takes a 1 day break and starts over again, I want to know who lays when what the egg looks like (big or small, light or dark) and how many egg I get each day, week, and month, I...
To have a healthy bird you must feed it healthy meals! For Orpingtons like mine that means high protein foods so they can build muscle
instead of fat. Most chicken feed is only 16% protein and that is an exceptionally small amount of protein for growing and producing Orpingtons.
This feeding...
Lot's 'A' Cluckin' Farms
"Where the Orpingtons run free"
We are a small farm with just a hand full of chickens.
We have mostly English Orpingtons and a few layer chickens for eggs to eat here at home.
Our chickens get to free range during the day.
Our coops are cleaned on a...
I have been chicken addicted since the morning of March 12th 2012 that is when I got my first 7 chicks from Tractor Supply I got 6 Production Red's and one Ameraucana. Later that day we went back to get a smaller water jug we did come back home with another water jug but we got a little...
Hi, my name is Ayslen Redmon, we live in the beautiful mountains of middle, TN. We stated with 12 chickens in March 2012 just for eggs that twelve became about 60 chickens of various breeds. Now we have settled on Breeding Imported English Orpingtons because we love their personality and their...
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Hi everyone I am starting my first "Chicken Farm" I have decided to get chickens so I could have fresh eggs to eat and sell. I want to eventually have a few cows and goats, and 1 or 2 horses, but for now I will get chickens, maybe next year I will get a goat or two . So this...
We had this building built for us, it is a 10' x 8' building and the run is a 10' x 20'....we are going to be extending it soon to a 30' x 20'
the features in the building are...a 10 foot ridge vent for extra ventilation, 2 standard size windows, and a 12'' x 12'' chicken door, and then we added...