With wind chill and daily temps being below freezing and for several days in a row here in KY... I'm keeping everyone inside the coop. Of course, that means feeding and using, unheated water bowls, inside the coop. Does/can anyone use a dehumidifier inside the coop to reduce the moisture from poo?
I understand to hold eggs after treating chickens with Equimax...my question is...can those eggs be safely fed back to my chickens?....or do I have to throw them away period?
Our typical daily gathering is 16-24 with 29 hens of varying age and breeds. Then time change came and our egg production fell to about 3-6 a day by November. This was our first Winter with chickens, EVER. My Mom and Dad have chickens and Mom suggested that we put a light in our coop, set it up...
LOVE to go Catfishing! It's time that my Husband and I have to spend drama free!! Sleep is one thing sacrificed as I work a 12 hour rotating swing shift and we go when I get off work at 7am.....or when I get off at 7PM..and have to be at work at 7 next or same day.... We have caught up to 100...
I grew up on a 250 acre farm in Hawesville KY, and Believe it or not... We didn't have chickens... Now they do:eek:I get a lot of my answers from my Mom.
My Husband and I have a mixed breed flock of 34 on our 11 acres....acquired from his daughter and SIL when they decided to move to town. I am...