Recent content by love4mychickens

Hello all! I have not been active on here recently until something attacked one of my hens. What I assume was a fox, had seemingly either take a bite out of her thigh/side or ripped it open? I quickly put together a solitary place for her and doused her bite with saline, then betadine. I covered...

@Newyorkrita agreed! i will definitely be trying this out!

I just really like chickens lol

yes,I will try the ceramic eggs, and consider roll away nesting boxes. They do have oyster shells. Thankyou!

@aart it is a 6x10 foot coop. I didn't know if it would help.

Thankyou all for your help, I will definitely invest in some natural sand for my chickens!

Hello, I have a coop built for 20-30 chickens and was considering switching to sand in the coop instead of pine shavings. Of course i will stick to hay or shavings for the nesting boxes, but as for the rest of the coop what are y'alls opinions? I heard it is easier to clean and is less...

Hello i have 13 hens and 1 rooster in a 20 chicken coop. They have 5 nesting boxes, but only use 2. Over the winter they have been breaking their eggs and eating them, even though they had full access to their feed and full access to outside. I thought they would maybe stop while we're heading...

So, my chickens have had a bad habit of eating their own eggs. So, it was suggested that I put mustard in their eggs, so I did. And my chickens cracked open the mustard eggs ate it and loved it! :lau Is there anything else I can put in the egg that chickens don't like? Thanks!

Okay, thankyou for all the help. We have been considering getting a roll away nesting box and I think that would be a good thing. I starting to collect the eggs right away so they don’t have the option to eat them. Yesterday and today they went out in their run all day so they weren’t in the...

I usually collect the eggs in the middle of the day or afternoon. They have been in their coop a lot lately because it has been so cold and there is so much snow. I feed them Layer feed and cracked corn, and of course any treats or lettuce. They have food at all time though.

Hello, this has been going on for a while this winter and I do not know how to stop it. I have 12 hens and they all seem to be doing it. Im hoping it will stop in the spring where they will be outside a lot more. Is there anything i can do in the meantime to stop this or is it too late.

@cholland ok thankyou!

Hello, I have about 2 year old chickens and even the beginning of this winter is rough. I was seeing a lot about deep liter methods in chickens coops and was wondering what you guys think about it. Is it a good idea for chickens? And is it really hard to clean out when you eventually do. Just...

@RWise Ok Thanks for the advice! It seems to be that he is chasing her down.