I have a "mixed" henhouse. I don't know of any reason not to have a mix of types.
I have 2 full size Aracuna, a bantam wyandotte, and had 2 Bantam Brahmas... lost a Brahma to varmit... so went out and bought a Silkie. She went to bottom of the pecking order -whree the Wyandotte had been...
it'. I've been looking for relatively heavy plastic, but not too heavy. Any ideas on where I could find it?
Try JoAnn Fabrics - I bought really nice heavy clear vinyl to use as a "rain roof" over my portable coop yard...
For my door- I took some old dishtowels and tacked them over the...
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So funny! I did the same thing... in orange Sharpie! LOL - I had an old ceramic egg and put it in the next box when I first got my girls back in August. I have two boxes - but keep only one with the egg.
Some of them will lay an egg next to it - but somebody else manages to roll it out...
I have four laying hens 2 Americuna and 2 Bantam Buff Brahma, (and one Bantam Wyandotte that has never laid an egg.)
Obtained on 17 August - not laying, brought them into laying in about 2 weeks.
The four layers were providing about 2 eggs a day up until late October. Suddenly, they all stopped...