Recent content by Herscovitch

I have a few issues that I have questions about. We have 5 hens. They are 9 months old. They have been laying for 5 months or so. 1) we have had no eggs for over a week. They just stopped one day and have not layed a single egg since then. Is this normal for this time of year or what's up...

I started with a dish of oyster shell in a dish this week and the hens (18 weeks old) just devour the whole dish every time I put more out. Can they eat too much? Can this cause impacted crop? Will they fill up on the shells and not get enough food? Please advise.

I can no longer use the rich text edited on the ipad. It says my browser is not compatible. Did something change? When I posted my coop design the rich text edited worked and it is much better to work with. Please help.

Update.. Thanks for the advice. I kept golf balls in the egg boxes and switched the bedding in the egg boxes from straw to pine shavings and it worked. The next day, eggs in the egg boxes. Thanks to all!

One of my hens began laying this week. She is laying her eggs in a corner of the run. Can anyone suggest anything in addition to placing golf balls In the egg boxes to get them to lay in the boxes? Thanks.

We just starting getting eggs from one of our 18 week old hens this week. I am switching from start and grow feed to layena feed. I also added some oyster shell in a pie tin in the chicken run. The next day the entire dish of oyster shell was gone. Is this normal? I read that they will eat what...

Our 8 week old chicks don't seem interested in scratch. Can someone tell me if they are just too young for it. I am trying to use scratch to "train" or encourage them in or out of the run when I want but they aren't into it. I have heard from my friends that their chickens go absolutely crazy...

Thank you everyone. All of your knowledge is amazing. I guess I'll learn more as I go. Having a good time with it all though. Thanks again.

Hen or rooster?

Is it possible to tell if my Americana is a rooster or a hen. It is 8 weeks old. Her (I hope) tail feathers look different than my other hens. Please help?

My bad. New to this. So any thoughts? Hen or rooster?

Is there a way to tell at 8 weeks if my Americana is a rooster or a hen? It's tail feathers look different than my other hens so I'm curious.