Have your girls ever laid a teeny weeny egg????? I tried to insert a picture here but couldn't. It is about the same size as my thumb nail and I am a female. Is it normal for them to lay such a tiny egg every now and again. I am worried as I am not experienced with chickens yet and i am...
Any suggestions/advice please. I have 3 australorps who are all laying well at the moment BUT one is laying her eggs from the perch and not in the nest box. It has happened 3 days in a row and two had smashed. I have now lifted up their poop tray a bit higher by putting it on top of a box and...
I have a question about mealworms. I have a little 3 drawer mealworm farm happening and have a lot of beetles now for a good few weeks. I don't have a wire screen under them for the eggs to fall through. I am worried that the beetles will eat their eggs and the new little worms. I keep...
Can you please tell me how many greens are TOO MANY greens for my girls? Is there a preferrable time to feed greens to them. Unfortunately my girls aren't able to free range but they have a good sized pen with sand on the ground which they scratch in and dust bath in. I am worried they are...
YIPPEE!!!!!!!!! We finally got our first egg and two days later a second one. (They are so cute and so little) It was so funny as Merle was on the nest and Mary and Betty were standing at the door making so much noise like they were a pair of cheer leaders. I have never heard anything like...
Hi, I am quite new to rearing chickens. My girls (3 Australop x New Hampshire) are nearly 19 weeks old. I have had them since they were 3 days old......They have been really friendly and would eat from my hand. BUT I went away for just the weekend and my neighbour fed them and put them to...