We have given our broody hen 4 fertilized eggs to sit on. She is sitting in a nesting box about 4 feet off the ground that is on a ledge with a ramp to the floor.
What happens when / if the eggs hatch? Can they get down on their own or do we move them to a nesting box on the floor? If we need...
I am considering ordering some Cascade Layer Poultry Feed, Organic it is corn and wheat free and contains fish meal & crab meal. I was wondering if anyone has used this feed and if they liked it. Also would like to know if it effects the taste of the eggs.
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We have four eight week old chicks. For the last couple of weeks we have been letting them outside all day and then bringing them in at night.
We just finished there tractor type coop and was going to have them sleep outside tonight. After dark they were huddled on the ground by the door...
I am just curious when do they stop peeping and start clucking. Mine are 8 weeks old and once in a while we hear a grown up chicken noise but rarely.
I can't believe they can lay at 5 months. There must be a lot of big changes coming fast.
We are building an A frame tractor type coop.
Since it is narrow at the top we wanted to know what is the least amount of clearence between the wall and the roost that we can get away with and that will still allow the chickens to get up there.
If we need to put it off center how close to the...
We are building an A frame portible run / roost for our 4 chicks. They will be 8 weeks old when we put them in.
The part with the roost will be 4' high and the roost will be about 2 - 2 1/2' from the ground. We are new to chickens so don't know what to expect. Right now in the brooder they...