Recent content by jhowe0987

Our staffie is such a good boy. He loves herding the chickens into the pen. He is very good at it as the video shows. My only hope is that we can teach Maggie.

Here is a link to a video I just uploaded to YouTube.

Well, I only let them free range in the yard when I am home. They have a 30x50 pen area that I keep them in when I am gone.

So I have recently gotten a pup who is a lab/border collie mix, in hopes that she will eventually be able to herd the chickens back into their pen from the yard. Come to find out my 5 year old American Staffordshire is an excellent herder, and took right to it. Does anyone else use herding dogs...

That's the funny thing. I have had oyster shell for them since day one...

So I got 3 eggs today, all in the same nest. But now I have another concern. The one that laid in the yard yesterday laid in the nest where she was supposed to. The issue is her eggs are normally a light brown. Today it was white, it seemed a little oblong, and it has a blemish/weak spot on the...

Sunny Peanut Donut Biscuit

I have 4 nesting boxes...

I have four hens I have only had them for about a week now. We used porcelain eggs and they all four have laid in the nesting boxes. 3 of them lay pretty regularly. The fourth one(donut) had laid once in the nest about 4 days ago and then I found one of her eggs in the yard today. Should I be...

Also, are there advantages/disadvantages of refrigeration?

What types of factors would allow my eggs to last longer?

So I am pretty new to having chickens. I built my little chicken house and now I have four ladies who lay regularly. My question is, how do I properly care for the eggs before I eat them. I have been taking them straight from the nest and putting them into an egg carton in the fridge, and then...

So there are 4 of these vents in the coop and I have been considering adding an exhaust fan. Also, there is about 1-2 inches of overhang on the front. Not to mention there's enough silicone caulk up there to stop a monsoon. It has rained a few times, and I have checked it. It's been dry as a...

Believe it or not for being a smaller hen, Sunny here is the queen of the coop. She is also my Easter egger. Love me some green eggs and ham. (My 3 year old daughter named her.)