No, i made the lid too heavy and the nesting boxes on the coop too high. I have to hold the lid for them. They weren't around to do it last night before bed and I found them while they were still sleeping this morning. The chicks started hatching yesterday but I didnt reach in there until I saw...
The kids chicken Karen hatched some eggs i got from my sister and packed all the empties together into a tight one egg sized clump. We raised alot of chickens when I was a kid and I dont remember seeing this before.
I've got a 7 month old welsummer that's been coughing, sneezing and breathing hard for past three weeks. Comb is red, she eats, drinks, acts normal. Lays eggs still. She has no eye bubbles or discharge. I've been keeping coop/run clean. It's a little dusty. Good ventilation and shes the only one...
Well after screaming and sounding like a ak47 for the past two days she laid her first egg. She tries the egg song with the others but it's just loud short bursts lol.
She laid eggs six days a week all winter and is still going strong. She's got mud on her face from where the snow made a little mud in the run, not frostbite.
I keep them in the run, it's about 400 sq feet not counting the coop and I've only got 25 in there now. I didn't use added light. They turn on at 6:30am and off at 6pm. It's a little earlier and later the last week. I've never wormed them. I clean the coop and run and the poop looks OK. They've...
I got five easter eggers that were 18 weeks old last August. Three started in October and I'm still waiting to see a egg from the other two. They'll probably be a year old next month or close
She turned 18 weeks old yesterday. She looks better but still has a few rough feathers. I gave her some supplements and switched to 20% all flock feed. I've been sprouting black oil sunflower seeds and giving them a little bit a few times a week. I noticed she can't see well out of one eye. That...