We have 13 Reds that are just over 5 months old. No eggs yet. We are in cold climate. We have had snow the last month and cold along with it, but we have had three other batches of chickens that never seemed to mind. Any ideas??
I made them new laying boxes. They have fresh oak shavings...
This is the outside yard and elevated hen house. 24x16 yard with a 6x8 hen house. Bird netting over the yard and 3 feet of poultry wire buried around the entire yard. Seems to be working well so far.
We have 5 one and a half year old layers. Just started raising 12 more. Till this point, they have been separated. Today we tried mixing the young chicks with the old. Bad idea... The first chick out got chased and pecked until we could catch it and get it away from the hens. When and how...