pumpkin - thanks alot! yes it is really fun abd a wee bit stressfull, i keep checking tp see if they are alright. im trying to figure out when they are all done hatching. i guess ill give it two days from first hatch then move them to their own run for a bit
went out to the coop today and i now have 2 hens with little heads peaking out from under their wings! so my few questions are:
1) can I / should I move them to a seperate coop and run which i have set up as a kind of "nursery" for the safety of the babies and the mothers.
2) if i shoud move...
sounds like me dancingbear. I have 3 that are "retirement status", teh erst are going to get cycled out at about 3 1/2 years old. I hate to get rid of any but i started this whole thing in the attempts to get back to self sustaining as close as possible, so i have to stick to my guns. What do...
Thanks Silkie! always good to hear from you. I was thinmking that teh 3rd year was it too. I , of course, have some that will live out their entire live with me as they have been more pets thatn production, but the rest have a ticking clock, thanks agian.
I have laying hens, BO's, and was wondering at what age do they typicaly start laying less eggs, so i can rotate them out of the flock and use them as meat birds and rotate in the fresh young chicks to be the new layers. See my process im trying to set up here? any advice would be great, im...