We are being given some broody hens because their behavior doesn't work in the current environment. We will have them in a separate living area with nest buckets and nice space. I have a couple questions to get off to a good beginning.
Will moving them a couple miles likely mess with their...
We have a small flock of black australorps -- 20 hens and 1 magnificent rooster named Jasper. We bought 25, got 26, ate 3 roosters and had two hens die. They will be 2 years old this summer. They are picking up on the laying for the season, with 14 brown eggs yesterday, eleven the day before...
A neighbor stopped by yesterday and told us he has cinnamon sexlinks and turkeys which lay eggs that don't close. There is a little hole in the point end of the egg. He has other chickens that are fine and feeds the same layer feed to all (and is the same local brand that we use.)
What would...