I have 6 hens, 3 Rhode Island Reds, and 3 Australorps. One of the Australorps keeps escaping from the chicken pen, and is hiding in the barn. She has been laying eggs in the barn, and for the past 8 days, has not laid any eggs, or left the barn. There were 2 eggs she was laying on, but I removed...
I am new to raising chickens, and I am using an old camper as a coop. I have a 50 x 50 area around the camper fenced in with chicken wire, and let them roam the whole back yard sometimes. I have scratch grains and cracked corn spread all around the 50 x 50 area they live in. Do I need to feed...
I just started having chickens, and one of them spends most of the day avoiding the other two, and lays under a short tree with very low branches, or under the camper. Is this normal? She gets out and pecks around the yard with the others some, but stays laying in a dark place most of the day.
I just got 3 8 week old chickens, and I am going to get 5 more tomorrow. I have been throwing feed on an old barrel top, is there something wrong with that, and do i need a feeder? and with my 8 chickens, would a 1 gallon waterer be good for the chickens? I am outside feeding and watering them...