We have RIR's, 3 black sex links, 2 EE's, which are barely a year old, a leghorn, some Orpingtons, a Speckled Sussex, Red Laced blue Wyandotte, an assortment. We've never had snakes or seen droppings of rats. We live on a large farm and the chicken coop is not by a wooded area. It's been too...
Right now we have 18 hens of laying age, most only 2 years old. We feed good quality layer feed, kitchen scraps, a little scratch and meal worms for treats, and plenty of fresh water, plus they free range most every day. Last year I was getting an average of 17 eggs a day. This spring, the most...
