Recent content by DianaG

@svjo Were you able to find an answer for this? I live on ~1acre, and can't decide of Right to Farm Act applies or not. 3 acre minimum for 1 chicken seems a bit crazy!

Hi, I have a young flock (7months). They all seem healthy, we feed them a mix of layer pellets, scratch and veggie/fruit clippings. They have access to the outside throughout the day. They have plenty of water and we have a light to regulate their 14 hour light cycle. They are each laying...

Hi, We live in Maine, have our first flock, and have a question about lighting and heat lamps. Should we keep the lamp on at night for heat? Does that mess up their laying cycle to have 24 hours of light? I read that you can leave the light on 24 hours to increase production, but I don't want...

Thanks for your advice! I did give it a week or so, and he started slowly being more brave! I finally have him sleeping with the hens, and today he actually stood up for himself!

I just got a rooster (10weeks old) who is 2 weeks younger (and smaller) than my 6 hens. I do not have any other roosters. He seems to be very submissive, the hens peck him, chase him away from the food, chase him from any shelter in the yard. I finally took pity on him, and put him in an old...