Not and egg to be found:( Five of my six hens are molting heavy My monster sized White Rock molted earlier in the summer and no eggs from her either???Whats going on here? I knew the egg production would drop off during molt but nothing for 2 weeks now not one! Why is the big white rock going...
:DBeing this is my first mini flock and from what I read on this site I was hoping I would start seeing some eggs after 20 weeks And to my disappointment still no eggs (the wife has Christmas baking to do after all) So is it because the onset of winter? Will I get any at all in the winter or...
Well so far my chicks have gone from little fur balls to looking like chickens in 4 week,And so far no injuries or mishaps I think I am getting the hang of this!, Anyways to my question I have 23 pullets and they all roam around in the yard I fenced if for them till sundown and then all 23 all...
Although I am new at this chicken raising thing I am a metal worker by trade and found a very cheap way to make a feeder that has worked well for me and my chicks waste very little food and cant get up and poo in it. matl. needed in 1 old 5 gal. bucket ,(1) 8" to 6" galv. pipe reducer and 1 pc...
I have a few extras I got from a minimum order I need to get rid of I have 3 leghorns and 3 white plymouth rocks all are ordered as pullets from TS(Mt.Healthy in OH) all are doing great and are 1.5 weeks old at this time. Hate to part with them but just cant feed and house that many right now. I...
just a quick question ,My chicks are now almost 2 weeks old and had to get another bag of starter already, I have been feeding non med. and my wife came home with a new bag of medicated starter today. Will any thing bad come form mixing my remaining non med with the new bag of medicated feed...
Well My order of chicks is going to be here on the 25th (3 and a half weeks late unfortunately:() and we are scheduled to go on holiday on July 4 for 6 days and to make matters worse the person we had arrangements to watch the chicks cant do it now! They will only be at most 2 weeks old when we...
I'm trying to do some planning on future expenses for feed for my soon to arrive 25 chicks,As I am completely new to this (raised a few hogs and couple cows but never chickens) How many pounds of feed will I approx. need for the 25 a week or a month or whatever time frame you want to break it...
I have my coop in mid construction and was going to use thick reinforced plastic lumber wrap over the walls to cut down on drafts in the winter as my rentovated shed is fairly drafty ,Will the chickens peck at or eat the plastic wrap?
Thanks ,Tim
Hello All:)Yes another new person here, I just would like to get your thoughts as I am very new and inexperienced owner/raiser,and just found this great site a week ago and have done alot of reading. Unfortunately i went down to TS and placed an order before that,SOooooooo I hope the store guy...