Recent content by roberto487

I use layena feed and I free range my chickens and they seem to be doing fine in the egg production, although they spend a lot of time at the compost pile chasing after the worms, centipeds, ticks and other insects. My wife also feeds them kitchen scrap like, rice, toast, pancake, old bread and...

I bought my hens when they were chicks from the local livestock/food place. I have 3 RIR, 1 plymouth rock, 1 ameracauna, 1 comet. They have been laying since last November but they have not gone broody yet. I instroduced a rooster 3 weeks ago and they mate. Do you think their maternal...

How can I make my hens go broody? The rooster is new, I got him two weeks ago. He has been getting on top of the hens, but they keep laying eggs after another. I want at least to go broody and hatch eggs. Thanks.

Hi, My hens free range and also eat feeds from the store. I was wondering if their eggs would be considered organic?

Hello, My comets just startied laying eggs, but they are small to medium in size. I'm wondering if there is anything can be done get larger eggs? Or will they eventually lay larger eggs as they get older? Thanks roberto

Hi everyone, I thought that the night my hen went to her nest to sleep, it was because she has gone broody, but that did not happened because the came out in the morning and stayed out during the day, until night fall. She's been doing this since Saturday. She has laid over a dozen eggs...

The hen will intentionally turn the eggs every so often. Also, when the chicks are hatching, the hen will help in the process. I saw this numerous of times when I was young. Sometimes, I helped the chicks be born when I got impatient. I was a kid then.

Hello, I had to get rid of my rooster on Sunday, meaning that he was last with the hen on Saturday. The hen laid eggs on Tuesday and Wednesday (today). Are these two eggs fertile? Also, are fertile eggs placed in the refrigerator still good? Thanks.

Will rain spoil the fertilize eggs. My hen decided to nest under brushes, which gets wet when it rain. I was thinking of letting her go broody and hatch the eggs, but now that they gotten wet, I am worried.

Thanks everyone for their input. I am zoned MIDD-3 (Minimum Impact Development District) which shares the same permitted accessory uses as other MIDD properties. Permitted accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the MIDD-1 District: (1) Home occupations. (2)...

Sometimes some hen will crow like a rooster. In my native country, when a hen does this she is killed, due to some stupid supertision. Hen with spurs are also common, they are vicious when they are brooding. They will use the spurs to defend their chicks.

redoak : Thank you for the reply, but I don't think you got my question. I don't qualify as a farm, all I have is 1 acre property. In NJ, to qualify as a farm you need to have 5 acres or more and generate an income of a couple of thousand dollars a year. I am just a home owner who want to...

Hello, I live in Hardyston twp, NJ which pretty much semi-rural, there are lots of forest. Anyway, my zoning department told there were no chickens allowed, but despite this I went ahead and got some chicks. The zoning officer directed me to the below code, that he says does not allow...