I have a ten month old hen that lays in the nest constantly. Even when I take the eggs out from under her she stays there all day. Last evening I went out with a flashlight and all the girls and the roo were up on the roost but not this hen. Still in the nest. Any advice would be helpful .
I recently bought four five month old hens and put them in the coop with my two remaining nine week olds. The lady at the feed store said I could feed them all the food mentioned above. When I went to the Purina web site it said not to feed this food until 18 weeks. Does anyone know if this is...
I went out to the coop last night around 9 to check on my 4.5 week old chicks and they were huddled in a corner. I moved them to their nest but only counted five, should be six. I started looking around with the flashlight and found my chick in the clutches of a snake. The chick was dead and it...
I moved my chicks to the coop which is quite large and has a dirt floor. They spend all day pecking at the ground. Is this okay? Also the nighttime temp is getting down to around 70 and I have no heat lamp in there. Is that okay?
My wife and I live in Georgetown Texas and bought a house with a large chicken coop. So after about a year I bought six chicks that are now 4 weeks old. We are having fun with them and hope to learn a lot about chickens from this site.