How do you change the time of day hens lay their eggs?
It's been around 100 degrees lately, and 2 of my 3 hens have started laying after 12pm.
Since those eggs are in the heat all day by the time I come home from work, I 've had to throw them out for 3 weeks now.
Note: Usually, they would...
Look at this Corn Snake I killed near an old pool pump.
I was pulling up a gigantic dandelion when I saw it's tail move. I ran and got a shovel and killed it. I have never killed a snake this big before... totally gross. I fed it to the chickens.
Normally, when I pull dandelions I am careful...
I put the trap in a shoe box w/ a hinged lid and cut a hole in the end.
Put this in the small run.
Peanut butter licked away clean and about 50 droppings in the box!
The little buggers ate the peanut butter off of the snap trap and got away.
The trap in the kennel run was never touched...
HELP PLEASE.
My splash hen's crop is impacted.
This is the 2nd day.
A couple of weeks ago I put wheat straw in the run and now I think she may have eaten some.
I feed Purina pellets,cracked corn,a hand full of rye grass a few times/week. Occasionally, safe table scraps and fresh spinach...
I was checking out that link for poultrypods, when I saw these naked chickens. I have never seen these before.
Not my cup of tea. Do you guys know anything about this?
http://www.trendhunter.com/photos/33052/1
The girls are enjoying the wheat straw and fresh weeds.
Cornbread meal.
LOOKING GOOD HERE.
The TUNNEL into the playhouse is a repurposed old cube-style end table. It has a door on the front , that makes it ez to secure them at night. I keep their water tray in there.
They have started laying...
Here's my Splash hen that lays the mint green egg.
Here's inside of coop I built for them. She lays eggs in the cozy box.
Check out that neon blue ear lobe.
Her coop mate is this adorable MALAYSIAN Serama "Shortcake".
Best friends.
These are my Splash hen's 1st eggs, laid this week. The aqua color is very pretty.
Now, I have to give her a name that goes w/ my other girl's names.
I have a Cookie and a Candy. This is going to take some thought, but I'll know the right name when I hear it.
Thanks Dipsy Doodle for selling...
I bought the Snugglesafe at Petsmart for $40.00 and tried it out in the 3'x4' coop, in the cozy box.
It doesn't stay warm for 12 hours. Night temps here are around 30 degrees. Day temps are in the 50's.
In my opinion, it's not a good option for the coop.
I tried it in the dog bed (in the...
I need some advice. I am trying to build a coop similiar to this one
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=24462-new-chicken-coop
It's terribly wobbly!!! How do I stabilize it? .
My thoughts are once I get the top beams in place and the rafters it will stabilize.
But, I'm...
I made this tiny coop from a plantstand I got a the Goodwill for 10 bucks.
It was for my Serama pair, but I had to get rid of the rooster.
Now, I have the Serama hen and a Green Egger together and this is too small.
My plan was to double the size, and just add on to the side. Double doors...
I'd like to know has the BLUEST eggs out there.
My mixed chicken isn't laying yet. She may lay either blue or green.
It would be interesting to see variety of blue eggs from different breeders.
Did anyone see Regis and Kelly show today?
They displayed a newspaper article about the chicken keeping movement.
Kelly would like to have chickens, so her kids can experience collecting eggs.
I shot her a quick email and told her about my setup.
Also, I included the link to BYC for reference.
I hope someone can help me here.
My new Serama just laid another egg. The 1st one she laid I put in the fridge.
This one she laid this morning and I brought it in the house. It seems like a waste to not let it hatch. These chickens are beautiful.
I don't have any more space for another...