Recent content by joshmod

My wife and I started talking about giving her some fertile eggs tonight after I posted. I think we would love to do that but are fearful that we don't have enough room for more chickens. I think my major fear is that she is just healthy. She obviously is not eating much and we want to make...

Thanks for the replies. So what do I do if I am just wanting her to go back to laying eggs? She has only been laying for about 2-3 months in all reality and it seems a bit soon to go broody - but alas, there she is.

Hi All, I am in my first laying season and one of my hens just started setting in the laying box all of the time. She will set on eggs or nothing. I have taken her out a couple of times and she will grab some food and go right back as soon as it is open. Is she broody or could something be...

That is impressive! I like the welded wire on there. Do you know of any place to get affordable tin roofing?

Hi all, I have been a long time BYC reader but am just now making a first post. I am just curious if anyone has some thoughts on this. We are thinking of raising about 20-25 ranger meat birds this fall and I need to build a tractor. We are looking for simple but also something that is not...