The two eggs on the right were laid by my red Sexlink. I have a speckled Sussex who is about to lay. The red Sexlink has been laying an egg a day for the last week. She just started laying. Yesterday we got no egg. Early this morning I checked the egg boxes and the egg on the left was in a...
Brought my 4 chickens home a week ago and one had a "runny nose" administered VetRx under wings, a couple drops down throat and rubbed diluted mix on head. Also put VetRx in drinking water. Runny nose stopped on that one bird and all birds eating, drinking, scratching around, roosting well...
As the title suggests we are just about ready to take the next step which is getting our chickens. We have decided to go with pullets for ease and I have a few questions... What material for inside the coop and inside nesting boxes, hay, wood chips, pines straw? What about the run currently it...
As the title suggests we are just about ready to take the next step which is getting our chickens. We have decided to go with pullets for ease and I have a few questions... What material for inside the coop and inside nesting boxes, hay, wood chips, pines straw? What about the run currently it...
Starting construction on coop and run this weekend I am contemplating using hardware cloth with 1/2" x 1/2" openings 19 gauge and pressure treated lumber. Any issues or tips???
I understan I will need to bury ... What ... 12" of the hardware cloth to prevent critters from digging into run ...
Norfolk VA just passed an ordinance allowing BYCs yesterday... I plan on raising 4 hens in the spring and I need everything to get started first of all I need to construct a coop and I have no idea where to start, any tips, links, advice on first time coop/run building is appreciated ... I plan...