My 18 week old Golden Comets starting laying this weekend - Yippeeeee! :-D
We scrambled 5 of the eggs yesterday, & here's my issue. While the taste was okay, the yolks are tough! They seem to have a thick membrane around the yolk that I really had to kind of chop thru before scrambling. The...
I've read a lot about putting different kinds of fruit, leaves, grass, etc. into the run so that the chickens have things to poke thru. Has anyone done anything with their pens to give them non-food related things to do? (I've run out of grass clippings & branches, & mine are VERY picky about...
We're building our first coop so I've been reading a lot of the posts in this section. I've seen several people mention using landscaping cloth, but I'm not understanding how this is actually used & why. Does anyone have any pictures they can post, or direct me to some already here...?
Altho I haven't even gotten my first chicken yet, but had intended to free-range them whenever possible, I got to wondering....are there any bugs that chickens won't eat? Or shouldn't eat? I'm thinking things like fire ants, black widow spiders, etc. (not that I'd know how to stop them from...
Hi, I'm a newbie, both to this forum & to chickens, so please be gentle!
I have read about different breeds & am just getting myself confused, sooo...if any of ya'll could help me, I sure would be grateful!
I have 3 traits in mind: 1) good layers, 2) non-aggressive temperaments, and 3) hardy...