Commercial carpet use sounds grand! So easy to clean sometimes eggs are deformed or weak shell or worse Mama has a big smelly BM where she supposed to lay eggs... That Hennyko " Rhonde Island Red" Hen 3 plus years of laying plenty eggs is the Boss of her 2 year old 3 sistas! If she gets cooped...
Them Ladies love it... It's something to peck on or add straw/dirt to as they see fit. Remember to take out to clean it daily and it will last many months in egg laying nesting area. They somehow sometimes put a little straw underneath next to eggs!
Cock needs a home on a farm that can tolerate noise. Last year someone tossed a throat cut bleeding dead Rhode Island Cock in my backyard. People say it was mine but no no no I hated that ******* myself crowing at all hours every night for almost a year and then someone murdered it!
Nice flock of Road Island Red and White they look happy. We have only one RIR hen named Hennyko given to us as a Christmas gift this year. It took about a week some egg layer mash then 4 hrs after eat she lays an egg! Next day in cage she lay but broke it in a rabbit cage. When to Feed & Grain...
What you need is" The jaws of death" Tomcat black rat trap with teeth! Sold at Home Depot about $5.00? Them rats were stealing Hennyko chicken feed for weeks and I thought my chicken fat??? Not, She was skinny! So I put trap behind shed to be safe for rabbit and caught 7 sneaky rats! 5 from...