I was wondering why only 4-6 hens were laying...lol. The other ladies had a hidden nest they were laying in :o!!
there are nearly 20ish there. I don't know how long they've been there but a Welly has her bushy butt planted on then. No fertile eggs. These probably aren't fit for the fam to eat...
Today I adopted a rooster. He is 14 weeks old and his head just bobbles and wobbles all around. The bobble started at 2weeks old. He was vaxxed at 2 days old. Could this be a side effect from the vax? It sounds like what they actually vaxxed for AEV. After 12 weeks of bobble...could he infect...
These goofy girls!! I have to go to the coop 4ish times a day to check eggs because the all have diff laying schedules. Anyone else? Lol
Can I just wait til the evening and go pick eggs and them not spoil in the 90° heat?
My chickens are just now starting to lay. I got two out at 10am but got an odd feeling and went out to check and tthere was another egg. I don't refrigerate them so I'm wondering how long is too long or how hot is too hot?
I'm the pic the white is store bought and the biggest fresh egg had two yolks. The excitement when I cracked that open was pretty extreme haha! I can't believe how much tougher fresh eggs are to crack! Wow![/IMG]
I find it crazy that I started getting EEer eggs before my sexlinks started to lay, considering the sexlinks are bright red and the EEers are not. Anyway, I thought maybe theyvwere laying somewhere else and was concerned I would never find their eggs, the roam around all day. Well I have a...
They are not of laying age yet but all 15 of them pile into the nesting boxes to sleep. How do I get them to roost so they aren't sleeping and pooping where they lay?
We have a large fenced in area that is not being used on our land. Thinking of building it up so they cant fly out and use as a run. Its the size of a pretty big urban back yard. I know people with short runs either have to rake or make it a tractor and move frequently.
Anyway, I was curious...