Thumbs down on Olive Eggers from MyPetChicken!
I received my 3 olive egger chicks back in July from MyPetChicken. They clearly are welsummer/crested cream legbar mix. Sweet girls, docile. Looking forward to pretty green eggs of any degree of light or darkness. Happy girls that stick...
...girls are at the bottom of the friendly list! If they didn't have those lovely laced feathers, or lay those gorgeous dark eggs, they'd be dinner.
**I would like to redeem my girls a bit. My barnie girls, along with the rest of the flock, all live happily and peacefully toogether. No one is...
These pale blue beauties come from the easter egger below. She started laying about 2 weeks ago. Sometimes leaves a giant double yolker then takes a day off!
Buff Orpington eggs. The 3 lighter ones come from Gwen, and the darker rose ones come from Sunshine. Both sweet and nearly identical BO girls, lay totally different tinted eggs.
Is one feeder for 9 hens ok? I've seen that as many as 6 can eat together at 1 of my feeders? I don't wAnt to start aggression between them or have any girl that can't eat.
I did cover much of my run with a tarp last year, ice collected on top. That turned I to a lot of weight. Went out 2 different times over the winter to try to break and remove it. Haven't decided how to cover this year.
My coop is 4x8 ft, I have always kept food inside on a hanging 7lb feeder. This was fine with 6 chickens. When I added 3 more hens over a month ago, I also added a second feeder also inside the coop. All hens get along great. Can I go with one feeder, should I stick with 2? Should I move one...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/pictures-of-chicken-nesting-boxes-how-to-build-a-nest-box
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/41108/show-us-your-nest-boxes-ingenous-design-post-it-here
This might get your nesting area in the right direction and look less roost-worthy.
Yeah, few nights to a week sounds right. You can keep the nests blocked until close to laying age as well. Then open the boxes with fake eggs or golf balls inside.
First egg today! One weeks after she started squatting. I'm assuming it was her, she is the only one doing the squat, did not see her in the nest. (next to a large white store egg for comparison)