Ok so i picked up 5 hens from one place and 3 hens 1 rooster and a duck from another. well it started about 3 days ago. we came home and 2 reds were dead, yesterday one of the Americanas died and today i got home from work this morning and another red was dead... i picked up some dust for them...
Ok so i just finished building my coop about week ago and picked up 5 production reds that are about a year and a half old.. now i get out of them five hens a total of one egg every 2 to 3 days so i am trying to figure out if its just the heat which has been 100+ for a very long time. if so is...
ok i'm looking to start a little chicken coop to have my own eggs... i am looking for a breed that will handle the Texas Heat and give me a ton of eggs... i plan on having about 10 would like to have both brown and white eggs would like them to be large eggs. i have been looking at the breeds...
i am wanting to have between 10 and 15 laying hens. i have a 5'x8' 5' tall shed that i am going to convert to a coop i am going to make a run come off the side of the coop i am thinking about 10'x20' fenced in run.. is that big enough? if not how big should i make it.. also the hens will not be...
Ok so i am new to the forum and new to having chickens. i am wanting to have chickens only for the eggs not wanting to breed. now i'm not new to forums so i will be doing a lot of searching but if some of yall could chime in with a few answers.
1. best egg laying chicken (best eggs to eat...