I have been having the same problem.
I have found that if there is a yacky mess like the picture, I look around the yard where the chickens roam. I have found the rest of the egg in odd places. Some days I get very soft shell eggs or broken one, then I will get a few hard shell ones. Added high...
Hi Peeps61
I have a Ameraucana and a sex link.
32 hens wow I am impressed! My two are giving me a run for my money. Would love to come by some day and see your chickens.
Weezy
Each bird needs about 3 sq feet of floor space, based on my math you have enough space for 10 full size birds. 4' x 8' = 32' 3/32 =10.666
With 10 birds in that coop it will be very hot during the summers at night. I am in Pensacola FL, so I know how are summer are here.
Don't forget that...
We received ours as baby chicks and every thing I read stated after 10 wks from hatching was a good time to put them in the freezer. Once ours got about 8 weeks they just mainly sat. The breast were too heavy for them to walk very far. Over ten weeks it was stated that they could break their...
I would suggest putting a mirror in with Kevin. I have two chickens and they found a mirror I have left outside. To my surprise they spend hours sitting in front of the mirror. I even moved it to see if it was the mirror or location. It was the mirror they sit for hours in front of it in the new...
Not sure of the difference of a Rock-Cornish vs a Cornish-Rock. I would guess that the first name would be the bread that the chicken would get the most characteristic from. My dad and I raised 25 I think they were the CornishX. They were a quiet bird and eat well before I returned home we...
Here is a picture of the coop I build. It is 4 x 4 x 4 and is 24" off the ground. I used studs and bead board with a corrugated plastic roof. Its my first time I built any thing like this. I put a roost in my coop but they like resting on the floor. I have two chickens right now and have found...