We have 4 Black Copper Maran chicks that are 5 weeks old from a hen who decided to set outside the coop where we couldn't get to her. We were able to catch them and have had them separated from the rest of the flock for the past 4 weeks. But they ran out of room so we decided to put the chicks...
We free range our chickens (5 hens of varying types and one black copper maran rooster). Our one black copper maran hen has always had issues with laying outside the coop but we could usually find them and stop her laying in each area we found. Now we know she is sitting on some eggs in an...
I have 5 hens and one rooster. They were good layers all winter until a few weeks ago when we dropped down to maybe one a day. Now we are not getting any eggs for the past week. Due to re-seeding my lawn I kept them in their coop for 3 days this week and confirmed no eggs (I usually free...