Hi all -
Our Buff Orpington, "Cathleen" has just started laying eggs! I had thought she was getting close, so I put some hay in with the shavings in the nesting boxes recently. I saw that someone was rearranging the hay, so I put a golf ball in each of the nesting boxes just last weekend. I...
At last - we did it!
We bought 5 lovely girlies today, from a fellow BYCer (thanks, Arielle! ). They are settling in nicely, and we apparently built the coop correctly, because the girls knew exactly what to do.
I've checked on them 3 times already . . . I think they're getting a bit...
Hi All -
I'm new to the world of chickens, and new to this forum as well. My husband & I (well, it was mostly me, but hubby agreed) decided we wanted to try raising chickens for eggs. We have some pallets and a shipping crate we plan to use to build a coop, we've checked out the "chicken...