Just moved from Madison Indiana to just across the bridge in Louisville Ky (west end).
Anyone near by? I would love to find a local source for eggs until my girls are laying reliably.
I do not suspect egg bound issues, but I am wondering if it is possible to "feel" the egg inside the chicken by palpating from the outside?
I will go in to further details if needed, haha. Basically I want to know who has an egg ready to be laid at one point and time and check once eggs emerge...
Got our first egg last week none since though. We cried when we found it
They are coming to the nest boxes and kicking the fake ones out though...normal?
I am.making a ramp right now actually.
The coop has enough sqf for 12 birds according to a calculator i used. Longer than it is wide and well ventilated.
It's not done-done, just safe enough to put them in while we finish up things
I'd rather them free range and they are easy to catch so I...
Hopefully this is the right forum....
Are 16 week old pullets spent their first night outside in the coop last night, previously we had been bringing them in at night and keeping them in a large dog kennel in the basement.
they would basically bring themselves to the back door and put...
We got our chicks in April, just started doing some math :
If they wont lay until around the 7-10 month mark that puts us at November....so winter.
I will be waiting until next spring for eggs, wont I?
Chicken math!! Its for the birds!
How ironic, I came here to also ask about weaning off the heat pad.
They have vegub knocked it flat and it worries me.
They are in my basement where night temps are 55-65 degrees most nights.
They are roughly 4 weeks old, is it safe to take the heat away?
Coop is not done so we can't simply...
Anyone else slacking on coop builds? My babes are turning 3 weeks old and all we have managed to do is sketch out the build, supply lists and spray paint the area we want it in the yard (for visualization...and stuff..)
Whooops