I went to the blue star chicken lady but I’m not sure I’d go back. I bought 3 hens and 3 pullets. She told me some of her hens had already started laying-the ones I got were sold (at a premium) as laying age but I didn’t get any eggs for 4 months. Of the hens, one was always cowering down and...
I live in south central Texas and it has been getting over 100 several days in a row. I’ve done a lot of research on this and my own trial and error. This is what has worked for me- I don’t free range because of predators. I have construction sand in the bottom of the coop, they tend to hang in...
I feed Hugelland non GMO feed.
I bought them from a local lady that does this as a business. I knew some other people that have had success with buying from her. I thought as a new person, maybe an older chicken would be easier to learn.
I’m brand new (3 weeks) into chicken keeping. I have 3 Rhode Island Reds who are about 4/5 months old. They are not laying eggs. They have been huddling together in the corners of the run and coop, they don’t roost, sometimes I spy them walking around when I’m not around. I chalked this all up...