I am trying to figure out when to start my breeding pens, right now my chickens are not laying. I have a few hens who have been brooding for the past 2 or 3 years, but these hens have not hatched any of their own eggs. My plan is to separate the hens I want hatchlings from and keep them...
I just got 7 Ancona ducks this spring, and it seems like I have on 2 females. They are all very well behaved, but I don't know when they will start to want to breed. Also do I need to make a nest box for the hens? Thank you.
I have two chickens who have brooded together and they do get riled up at each other. Last summer the Sussex hen kept peck at the Dominique who ended up leaving the chicks to go hang out with the rooster. This year there is around 20 chick and I am wondering if I have to split them up they have...