I’m living in South Carolina now and need some suggestions on which breeds are best for heat tolerance. I had great success with my flock in NY but the weather is definitely different here especially in Summer. I love Buff Orpingtons and Ameracaunas, could I have these here?
One of the girls laid our first egg today. Not in the nest box or on the floor but right on the poop boards. Lol...perfect small brown egg. Not sure which hen did it but they all got a treat for it.
I need some advice here...again. I work all day and my husband works nights so I have to put the girls into the coop by 7pm before I go to bring hubby his dinner. I have been rounding them up every night and putting them into the coop for almost 2 weeks but they still give me the run...
We are now to the construction of our run and we want to make sure we make one that is big enough.
Our coop is 8x8 and we were thinking we could make the run 8' wide and 30' long. Will this be big enough for 8 standard chickens who will be in this and a chicken daycare tractor daily? I want to...
We have 8, 2 and a half week old chicks. I want to put them outside for a few minutes tomorrow while I clean out their brooder box. It will be 72 degrees and I have a bottomless cage for them and we will be there with them. Does anyone thik this would be a problem? Is it too cold for them to...