What is a good bedding to use in the nesting boxes? My chickens choose to kick out the loose bedding and Im sick of cleaning it up. Does anyone know of something that they cant kick around so easy?
I opened them up today and put golf balls in and they threw the bedding EVERYWHERE! And I have NOOO idea where the golf balls went...WHAT THE HECK BIRDS! ALL I WANT IS SOME EGGS!
Haha. Well I went out to let them outside this morning and found a suspicious hole under the coop. Do you think they will start laying in it if I dont open the boxes soon enough? If not where else could they be laying?
I HATED wearing the tall rubber boots and I couldnt stand walking around in them, so I decided to wear flip flops eventually they made their way into the house. My dad knew it was me who was tracking the poop into the house so he decided to sell a chicken everytime I wore flip flops in the...
A hot air balloon passed our house about a week ago and it scared my chickens and one of them got its comb stuck in the hardware cloth during all the chaos. We didnt realise it until my sister picked it up and saw that it was bleeding. We cleaned it up and kept it by itself until bed time (so...
My dad actually attached a small gravity hose to a bucket and pvc pipe on the other end that held about 5 nipples. We are still trying to find a way to mount it on the fence for them.
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They are about 4 and a half months I'd say. I put the nesting boxes in yesterday but I wasnt sure wheather or not to make them accesable to the chickens because not all of them are ready and i dont want them playing in the boxes.
Im waiting anxiously for the first egg!! I have 3 or 4 that squat down for me and have big combs, but i havnt seen any eggs. Should i open up the nesting boxes yet? AHHH I cant wait any longer! LAY FOR ME!