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iam still new at this. has anyone seen a automatic coop door. i saw one once and now cant find it. also there was a commerical type feeder that could hold a couple weeks of of feed. any help that someone has would a great help

yoe mentoned poulrty dust. ive been using DE to keep lice from my girls. the other day i think i saw soom lice. where they come from i have no idea. there run and coop are kept very clean. they free range all day so i assume they can get them from the yard. sould i try poultry dust and sould o...

i just recieved 5 4 month old rir. i already have 7 that just started laying. my problem is they are fighting a lot. its hard for me keep them apart for long periods of time. my older girls i can leave free ranging while the new girls stay in the run. will the fighting slow down or what else can...

iam going to be getting more girls soon and need to add to my coop. my girls started laying about 2months ago and doing well.my question is if i start remodeling my coop what will this do with them laying?i can come and go during the day and they seem not to be bothered.

maybe iam doing something wrong. when i go to hard boil some of my eggs they are real hard to peal. is it because they are so fresh or could it be beacuse i have a roo with my girls?

i have a roo that has this problem bad. i also have 7 girls that eat,sleep,drink,and free range the same area. why would the roo have such a problem and not the others. feathers and coop show this is becoming worst. if not fxed soon i may have to do soething with him which would make my...

thank you for the reply.. if i buy fert eggs and put them uder her will she sit. or do i have to wait until she wants to go broody. iam still wonderiing how things took place before we got involved

iam new at this so here goes. how long does it take a hen to lay enough eggs for hatching. will she quit laying when she has enough?and then will they hatch 1 a day.then should i move her to her own area away from the rest of the girl? i was wondering how they did all this before we got involved

when will a hen start to set and when do they realize they have enough eggs to keep. iam going into winter and would like to try and raise some of my own.or should i wait until spring

iam still learning on this egg thing. the other day i found a egg under were they roost. to day i found a egg just undr the the nest box. i have 12 girls that are just starting to lay to lay so its hard to figure which is confused. 1 have 5 ee,1buff,irir, from what i can figuer all but 3 are...

i have 5 ee girls. one started to lay about a week ago and the egg was a tan colored egg. then another caught on and lays green eggs. they lay abouth every other day. they are all about 35 weeks old. is this normal or maybe i was told wrong birth date. ian very confused.

one of my girls semms to be laying eggs either late at night or early dawn. when cleaning there coop i have found eggs at differant times on the ground broke. it seems one of them cant wait to get in the nest, which there are extras, or not enogh time in the moring to get to the nest. why would...

my rir is doing her thing i egg a day. my buff does iegg 2 days then 1 day of thats ok.i have 5 ee girls. one started to lay a week ago and still wating for the others to catch on.the one laying is only doing 1 egg every 3days. is this normal? and why havent the others started. they are all the...

iam new at this chicken laying. i have 5 arraca. there about 34 weeks old. one just started laying about 4 days ago. eggs 2 days then 0 also have 3 buufs and 1 buff roo.i have 2 questions. 1 will the others start lay ing soon or was the first one early. 2 the eggs i got are a cream color rather...

we have a few chicks starting to lay egg we have rooster in the group. when we hard boil the eggs it seems hard to gt the shell off the egg. is this beacuse of the rooster or our we hold boling the wrong way