Messica, welcome! Where are you located? and What kind of chickens are you looking to get? @holm25 or @Minniechickmama may be able to help, or @destiny_56085 . Like I said, it depends where you are located though. Holm is in 4H and shows chickens, and Minnie's kids are in 4H as well. and she...
It could be the move, or it could be the time of year. most likely the time of year. Chickens need 14 hours of light to lay an egg, so production will drop in the winter. Usually if a pullet has not started laying by November, they won't start until the days start getting longer. So, for the...
5 hens, the last egg I got was 3 weeks ago when my last girl started molting. Most likely they won't start laying again until march. (I don't put any light on them over the winter)
I would not be surprised if there are more predators than you think there. My step dad lives in st. Paul, a couple blocks from McAllister college. His neighbor has 3 chickens, they have seen raccon, fox, and coyote trying to get to those girls. More predators than I've seen out here in...
@mnbrewdude I would definitely put plastic around your run, coffee 1st and bogtownchick both do that works out wonderful to keep the snow and rain out, keep them dry. here is a photo of bogtownchicks, if I find coffees, i'll post it as well.
bogtownchicks run with plastic
Found coffees...
So busy, haven't been on in awhile. Hi chickchick56, you can click on"My Coop" under my avatar to see my coop if you are interested.
Hope every one is making it through this heat ok. Terrible!
Sorry about your sons bird, terrible!
I can picture you in the tree all in black ready to leap, lol I'll tell you though, somedays! If I had a predator, i think this is exactly what I would do. or sleep in the coop/run for a few nights with night vision goggles and my compound bow! DH...
I would divide it, here are mine divided. I really only need 1 or 2, so I close off one side for storage. These are 16" high x 12" wide x 14" deep. I put 2 or 3 inches of pine shavings in for bedding. They usually only use 1box. whoever lays the first egg picks which box they want to use, then...