I don't know which is the first.... I do know they are from my 13-14 week old Leghorn I purchased at Tractor Supply this spring. She is the first of 8 to lay.
Yeah it's been pretty crazy this year. We had just over 7 months straight with snow on the ground. It looks like spring is really here starting tomorrow. I also reseeded our lawn today, in the rain:/ I want to get my garden started......!!
I don't plan on keeping the water inside all the time, just till they get a lil older, 2 more weeks tops. Same with the lamp, I insulated my coop so I don't think I will need one later, but I wanted the chicks out of the basement.... I'm in the Sault and we had snow last week and high 20's low...
I live in the Upper Pennisula in Michigan so I have a heat lamp in the coop right now. It gets done into the 20's at night and my birds are only 7 weeks old. It's dark by 9:00 here right now, I put the water in the coop at 8:00 and turn on the light, then lock the coop down after dark. The...