We have 23 free range and when I go into the coop I have 23 chickens trying to tear my wedding band from my finger! I attribute that behavior to jealousy because I am quite a sexy man!!! lol
We have 6 leghorns and 6 N.H. reds and 1 golden rooster (lucky fella) and have just picked up 12 more NH reds and blacks. We are in the process of integrating them so at first we put them in a small coop beside the outdoor run so the grown ups could see and hear the chicks. We did this for a...
hello, we have gotten our egg production back up to 4 a day. We went and bought a bag of crushed clamshells and threw them on the ground outside the coop and let the girls out, they seemed to really enjoy the clamshells. It took a couple days but they did get back to paying me rent on the coop...
We also have the same problem. 5 leghorns and 5 rirs with 1 rooster. We figured the weather here in upstate ny must be the reason for it as all birds appear healthy and happy ( and always ready for their treat) We went from 6 or 8 a day to 0 and now we get 1 or 2 if we are lucky maybe once a...