Has anyone ever covered these hens with this roo, and if so, how do I distinguish the chicks?
The Australorp chicks should be obvious, but the Buffs will be blacked out, and I'm assuming, with its mostly black down, the PBR chicks will be solid black too. That leaves the...
Make a rollaway egg collection laying box. 2 1/2ft bottom drops from zero to 3”-4”(maybe less, as long as egg rolls away EVERYTIME), lined with plastic welcome mat (the kind that has the firm plastic astroturf-like fingers that clean the bottoms of boots)…1 1/2ft - 2ft of layin box, and roughly...
You can always use a metallic band, like used on wild fowl. Once crimped on, it’s on! Easily make your own outta heavy copper wire…pound semi flat, bend to shape, cut to fit! dremel your info on it.
My daddy used it ALL THE TIME for his watering of chickens, of course that was 30yrs ago. Since then, old ways and old treatments have been thrown to the wayside for “newer and safer (more expensive)” remedies! That’s all the chicken growers used to use in the day! Dilute it correctly, and...