I have an approx. Year old meat Chicken..She was a stray we found wandering in a park last October. I was told she would be huge, stupid , clumsy and probably never lay eggs. Well the first 3 are true but for the last 3 months she has been laying lovely huge eggs almost daily. Recently she layed...
We have a meat hen that we found wandering in a park near our home. She was young. I’m guessing maybe 6 months old. I was told she would be clumsy, stupid, and never lay eggs. She definitely is the first two but we love her anyway. It took quite awhile for our other 3 hens to accept her. . She...
I’ve wrapped our coop against most of the wind. Haven’t added any heat. water is under coop . Hoping they will come out long enough to drink. Will be refreshing water during day if it freezes. I assume if they are just cuddling inside coop they won’t need much to eat. It’s a small coop and...
We put our new one in a pen underneath our coop Which is on legs in the middle of the ”run”.it took over a month before they started to ignore her. First they let her be in the run but chased her if she got close to them. Eventually they pretty much ignored her unless she wentafter their treats...
We have a small coop in city suburbs with 3 adult pet hens. Buff Orpington, barred PR and RIRed. A couple months ago my grandson found a young meat chicken who was lost and hungry. We have gradually acclimated her to our other girls. She is definitely at bottom of the pecking order but they...
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I gets into the upper 30's now but ususally is in the 40's and 50's. Its the rain I worry about. I only have 3 hens and a small coop. I use shredded newspaper for litter. I'm worried the rain will blow in and the coop floor will get very wet. Sometimes the rain is horizontal here in...
Hi, I'm thinking about winter. Here in Israel we get lots of wind and rain. My coop door which doubles as a ramp got badly warped and won't close. I was thinking of using heavy plastic to cover the door and leaving a flap at the bottom like a doggie door. Do you think they will use it?
Peggy
I have one that seem she would rather be broody than not. I have a dog crate. I put it up on bricks so its a few inches off the ground. (take out the pan or tray so she is sitting/walking on the wire. The idea is to get air circulating around her bottom) I put food and water in the cage and...
I only have room for 3 or 4. Have 3 right now. They are some type of Israeli chickens. Probably mixed breed. Tthey all look different and I love them!
Peggy
I have 3 hens and one large nest box made from a cardboard carton that sits on the foor of the coop. They all use it and often there are two in it at a time.
Peggy
Yes, they do snack when they can find one. The problem with not putting down the sand is in the winter when we have the rainy season the dirt, which is very claylike, turns to very sticky mud. The coop gets really nasty.
Peggy
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I have 3 hens. They have a 3x3x2.5 coop and a 2.5x14 ft run. Right now the run is just dirt. I have noticed that the run doesn't seem to get full of poop. I think I've figured out why. We are in Israel in the Judean hiills and have large black slugs here. I have been noticing that...