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Good advice but not practical for me. I live in a bigger city. She is already embarrassingly loud sometimes. I do everything in my power to get her to not squak before 7am. If she were crated she would piss the neighbour hood off 24/7

Would she eat all the eggs then or just her own? All the others are fine all the time. And most of it is not eaten. Just smashed everywhere and i have to clean it up.

I do not have the package anymore, I am sorry. Shell is thick, seems normal. If there are any canadians here it is mash from Sharpes Farm supplies who are pretty big in Ontario.

Completely broken. 2 years old. They are eating mash with calcium suppliments. Plus compost. I am battling some mites right now. Is it possible she is scratching while laying? or rubbing her belly and breaking the egg? Her tummy feathers are kinda flimsy and I can see some skin. Feather...

Hi everyone. I keep getting a broken egg every day basically. I believe it is my columbian X. Haven't seen one of her eggs in a while. (I only have 4 so i know there eggs well) She is pretty large compared to the other chickens. My 2 nesting boxes were like 12X10X10.5". Was fine for the...

I get hatchery hens as well. My girls are young still. A year and a half. I do not think I have it in me to give one away lol. I would be more inclined to just keep the original 4 and deal with a few less eggs in the winter then lose one of the crew.

I contemplated adding 2 more and decided 2 would be to crowded

Thanks for the info. Older hen it is. Being raised alone was a big concern of ours as well, just forgot to mention it. I will probably throw up a new fenced in area maybe 8x4'. Leave a cage with some straw at night for the new one to go in and let her hang there for a few days. and go from...

Hi everyone. I have room in my coop for 1 more hen and only 1 more. We are just a little shy of eggs in the winter for the 2 of us with the 4 hens. I know the rule of thumb is not to integrate 1 hen but multiples so they have their own buddies, but that won't work for us. My main question is...

Both of them? Is this something I should worry about and re rig my coop so it doesn't happen again? Will this have any long term effects? Thanks

Hi Everyone. Does anyone recognize this and have any tips for the cure? I am relatively new to chicken raising and this is my first encounter with something like this. We did have a cold spell just before Christmas and thought it might be frost bite but my coop is insulated and i have read that...

Will do. You you elaborate on what a vacuum sealed bucket is?

Thanks. I am trying to avoid running extension cords all the way across my backyard. Has anyone ever tried the water fall battery operated style bowls in my type of climate. In theory as long as the batteries don't die it should freeze in any temp no?

Great advice. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks. Scratch my other comment lol.

Not a ton of room in the coop i suppose. My thought about inside is that it wouldn't freeze as quickly. All the chickens just use the left nesting box as i have read is very common. Is it such a bad idea to put the water in the right nesting box and have a little set up so they can't crap in...

No silkies. but i will keep that in mind because i was thinking about getting one. I have covered all the insulation. One of the first things i read on here:) I have a heated bowl that will be near the house and i was going to just bring them fresh water 2 or 3 times a day and switch it once...

It doesn't snow like it used too thats for sure (insert walking up hill both ways in s snow storm comment) You just gave me a great idea though. I might just take a sheet of ply wood and run it over the top exposed area out past the door and put a couple legs on it like a veranda. That way i...

Roost is just slightly higher than the nesting box. They probably have 12" of space before the lowest vent on the back side.

Thanks! That makes me feel much better about it. Appreciate the help.

Thanks for the tip on the region. So no need to worry about the -20c days and frost bite? Between the insulation and deep litter and size/tightness they will be ok? What temperature would you say you need to start worrying?