I would love it if our hens would lay blue eggs. Does the hen have to blue earlobes to lay blue eggs? I have a pretty white silkie with blue lobes. She isn't laying yet but I'm hoping to see blue eggs from her.
To give you a clearer picture I'll explain a little more. We have two coops. One for the hens and attached to it is another for our six friendly roosters. Because a flock that had been free ranged on the same property was lost to predators,I in closed two car port frames with chicken wire. When...
Thanks for the encouragement. As this is my first winter with chickens, I realized that my biggest mistake was using plastic grain bags to cover my run. It gets very cold and windy here and my birds won't leave the shelter of the coop. I heard that chickens will behave badly when cooped up. The...
I have been lovingly teased by my in laws that I have built a chicken palace for our little flock of sixteen. Wow,my coop and run is a diy mess compared to the amazing coop pics I've seen posted here. You have all have inspired me to give my coop a face lift.