I just bought a bag of Producer's Pride corn/wheat mix from Tractor Supply. I empty the bags into a galvanized can. At the 'bottom' of this bag was something I'd NEVER seen. It looked like a HUGE glob of packed black sand! It was solid and heavy. Gasp!! Any ideas? I'll post the photo.
We have an acre of land fenced in with a nice size chicken house (not coop). We have an opening that the chickens use to go in and out next to the normal door that I use. For years it has been open (with a piece of wood up against it to make the opening just large enough for the chickens to go...
Thank you :) I'll have to look into an automatic door opener. I suppose wiring is needed. If so we'd have to supply that as right now there's no electric to the chicken house.
I've had chickens for 25+ years now and live in western North Carolina. Some years ago I had all female hens, so I rescued a fighting game rooster (the one on my profile photo). A couple of months ago my last hen was killed by a predator. This was an odd occurrence. We have an acre of land...