Came home today to find only one of my two hens in the run. Uhoh, I have an escapee! An inspection of the yard turns up nothing, but this has happened before (different hen) and a little waiting had her wandering back from wherever she had been. So, I waited a few hours. Nothing. It's...
After losing my first hens to the heat, I'm ready to start out again. I brought home two Delawares today, but I want to get some advice on a few things so that I do better by these hens. I've made some changes already but I did want advice on something.
My current concern is the coop/nesting...
Ever since I started letting them out to free range a few hours a day, my chickens have become escape artists. I came home from the grocery store and saw Pot Pie and Nugget wandering around the yard. I fixed up their latest escape hole and shooed them back inside, figuring that Marsala was in...
Probably a stupid question...
I got my chickens a few weeks ago. They're finally all laying well so I figured I'd let them out of their run to free range a bit. They walked about six inches out the gate and immediately dug themselves into the dirt and are having a grand old time rolling...
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I'm a brand-new chicken owner, having picked up three hens on Tuesday of last week - Marsala, Nugget and Pot Pie. I think they're Rhode Island Reds, but I'm not sure. One of them started laying right away, dropping one egg every other day. Nothing from the other two yet, but I'm...