Looking for some chickens to throw in with my Pygmy goats. Looking for ones that aren't great layers and can handle colder temperatures without heat lamp. Ideas??
Well I have been finding a couple double yolkers so one or a couple hens are doing that. Nothing new with their flock or home and no they can't get ahold of anything bad to eat. It's been about. 28 degrees up here , not too hot.
I have 6 Red Sex Link chickens and I found one dead this morning in the nesting box. She was out running around the coop yesterday and all seemed well. Wondering what happened to her. A couple of my hens have raw spots on their wings as well
The hen isn't using the nesting box. She is laying on the floor then eating . I have water, 18 % feed, and oyster shell out for them everyday.! What changes?
Hi there. I've recently found in the last couple days that my hens are eating their eggs. I think it's just one hen. I keep finding one egg on the bottom of the coop, all the other ones are in the nesting box. They used to all lay in the boxes something changed. I've looked into certain...
Are there toys or thigs that's entertain chickens that I can place in their run for them? I have hay they like to scratch and pick seeds out of. I put up some roosts for them in the run which they LOVE! I also put in a dust bathe. But what other things do they like that may entertain them?
That's a big fish tank. The chickens roam a distance of 10 acres? Is it completely flat lol? My 10 acres in undeveloped mountain backing onto crown. There's no way my dogs can protect my whole property! And these chickens when roam move about 70 feet lol. Not 10 acres...