As of today, we have 4 that are seperated individually from the flock, due to injuries, they get a balanced diet, treats, outdoor time in their run (it's still cold here in maine), when my BF tried to put one back today (she's been out about 2 weeks due to NO egg laying ((we thought egg bound...
We just got into chickens in April and bought 12 of them from a local person who got them from Murray MacMurray (?). We got them at 19 weeks old and they were already laying when we got them. We were so impressed we bought 4 more, we were getting 16 eggs a day, but we switched from crumbles...
We have 4 nesting boxes for our 16 Red Stars and most days we find 13 eggs in one box and one or two in the other...I was however wondering how wide a roost bar should be and will modify that, because ours are very skinny. The outside of the coop is done and now we're tackling the inside so...