Recent content by Ladypoet33

I'm brand new to chickens. I pick them up in a few days. The person is giving them to me, because they have been eating their eggs. My hubby came up with a design for the hen house that after the hens lay the eggs, they roll back and out into a rain gutter. The hens won't have much of a...

I'm being given 20 hens. Laying hens, but I have been warned that they eat their eggs. I was told to put mustard inside of eggs, and leave them in the pen to teach them not to eat them. I read the post about giving them oyster shells. I'm a newbie to this. Building my coop today. Do you...

I am moving to The Orlando area soon. This was one of my questions...can I keep chickens. I fought hard to be able to keep them here, and now we are moving to a place where I can't keep them. We had to go through the city council to get them. We were allowed 2 hens for every 1/4 acre of...