Recent content by DebS

Quote: A few each of Rhode Island Reds, Speckled Sussex, Black Australorps, New Hampshire Reds, Barred Rock, Buff Orpingtons

I have 10 hens (assorted kinds) who will be 2 in the spring. They have been excellent layers but now are really slowing down. I had been getting 8-9 per day and am down to 2-3 on a good day in the past week or so. The weather has been gloomy, the days shorter, and I have been blaming that but...

Thanks for the replies. My girls are 11 weeks old and have, up to this point, been housed in a 10x6 portable dog run. In there we put up roosts of varying heights and they seemed to love them -- still slept in a pile in a corner -- but were on the roosts all the time. We had a landscape...

I've been reading this board for quite some time now and have gotten some really helpful information. Thanks! This is my first attempt at keeping chicken and with all the info I have found on this site it has gone off without a hitch up to this point. Now I'm stumped. We just finished the...