I once heard a rumor or two claiming that 2X4's make better roosts for the chicken's feet than round dowels, or vice versa.
While I can speculate that rounds ones are more similar to tree limbs their ancestors would have roosted on, I'd like to know if any of you have insight into this...
When I had chickens in a free-range environment, the hens always knew where their nest was.
Now I have them in a coop with nests boxes in a row and hope to have some hens set (brood).
My question is this: Do hens get confused by such row nests which all look alike and set one nest one day and...
I'm completely new to this site so please be gentle with me if I'm asking a particularly "newbie" type question.
I would like to know if anyone knows of good sources of very high-quality standard cornish day old chicks you can recommend?
I not talking about the cross rock broilers which are...