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What height do you install the nipples?

I bought some Buff Orpingtons & Leghorns at the same time. My Leghorns have been laying for about a month but my Buffs haven't laid anything yet. Anyone have this experience?

When my wife and I first got chickens we, like many others I'm sure, checked the coop several times a day as the time was near. I was out mowing grass and got an idea. Secretly I went into the house and took a store bought egg and placed it in one of the nesting boxes, then waited. It didn't...

I already have 38 chickens and 4 ducks - I think that is enough

Thanks all - the color of the egg doesn't matter much to me ( my DW was hoping for some white eggs) but I guess it is a lesson learned about where to buy chickens if you want a certain breed Thanks again

I hope these help

I don't have any recent pics and it is dark now - I'll get back to you

I bought 6 white leghorns from tractor supply this past spring and they are laying a light brown egg

Do all white leghorns lay white eggs?

I was told that b/c the chicks are hatched from incubators they lose the instinct to lay on the eggs. I have not had one broody hen since I started raising chickens about 5-6 years ago. They all came from hatcheries. Then a friend gave some banty Old English Game chickens. These are totally...

Quote: Mac is right, coming from a plumbing point of view, the higher the top of the water the more pressure you have. Even if you would only fill the bucket half full would reduce the amount of pressure . I have a friend who used a spring for a water supply for his house. There was a tank...

Was it Neil Grassbaugh? - if something is wrong I'm sure he can help. You can also try a small O ring at the base of the threads. I had trouble getting the threaded type to seal on a bucket and the O rings did the trick.

You didn't switch feed did you? Someone wrote on another thread about Dumor feed making their poop smell bad.

See Neil Grassbaugh on this site. Good prices and reasonable and quick shipping

Mine quit crowing in the early fall. Didnt make sound for a bout 2 - 3 weeks. Then he sounded kind of raspy but is now back to normal. He seemed healthy in every other way. I wondered too "why" but i never got an answer.