We have about 40 or so free range chickens, they roost wherever suits them in the barn at night. Its been getting harder and harder to locate the nests to harvest eggs, they have them hidden in all kinds of nooks and crannies, and theres plenty of nooks and crannies in and around the barn. They...
We have about 50 chickens of various breeds that free range around the horse barn and a couple adjacent sheds. Lately we are having trouble locating the nests, all the usual places in the barn, out in the hayshed and such don't seem to have any. There are some nesting boxes as well, but they...
To get right to the rat killing, my wife keeps some chickens around, they free range around the barn and such.
I want my own chickens though, Bantams, and I want them in a tractor I'm in the process of building.
Although I know the breed is not well known for laying, I want these especially for...