I am getting the most consistent production from my leghorns. They lay large to extra large white eggs almost every day. They don't seem to like the cold though. If you are in a northern state you may want to insulate and heat your coop. My leghorns shut down the egg production from early...
This was overnight accumulation. I am now done with this spot for the season, it's close to a mile in and I can no longer get a game retrieval vehicle in.
Does anyone use light for egg production through the winter? I have "daytime" LED lights that come on at 3:00 AM until 7:00 AM when the door opens up to the run and it is naturally daylight. This is the first winter for the girls and it doesn't look like they are going to molt. Should I keep the...
I have reached the point of needing to sell some eggs. I'm thinking $4 per dozen since that's what the big stores are getting for their bs organic eggs. I'm using new pulp containers with my own label on it. Just for fun I would like to hear from other BYC Michiganders how much you are selling...
They all go in at night now, I was referencing that the picking on began right after they all starting going in. I have 19 hens in a 96 sq. ft. coop with 42 linear feet of roosting area so I don't think it is an over crowding situation. I wish I was able to spend more time with them to figure...
If I am high jacking the thread I'm sorry. I'm not very good at these forum things, besides it looks like just about anything has been fair game to discuss. I have one of my smaller hens (size not age) getting her head pecked mercilessly. It never gets a chance to heal. When I introduced my...
Hey Michiganders. Winter is 10 degrees away up here in Petoskey. I went in the coop tonight and it was really cool and damp. I have 6 windows open right now. Should I leave the windows open an toughen them up for the winter or close the windows? As I've said elsewhere on the forum I don't live...
I had the same problem on a bit bigger scale. I introduced 8 RIR's that are seven weeks younger than the rest of the flock. The new girls absolutely would not go in at night, they would roost in the run all night. As I've said elsewhere on the forums I don't live at the farm and my poop door...