My gals are all free range birds. They have full run of our yard/compost pile and garden. Typically they eat very little of the grain I keep in their coop. I recently purchased a new brand (Brown's Layer Booster Feed), and they LOVE it. I mean... they are eating it like it's going out of...
My hens are getting VERY close to egg laying age (16 weeks). They have a coop and a run, but during the day I let them free range until dusk. Will they 'automatically' lay in their nesting boxes in the coop? Should I keep them in the run until a certain time of day until I know they've...
Hi all! Just a quick introduction here, 2 Musicians in Boston, and we're prepping our backyard for 4 or 5 R.I. Reds. This site is highly recommended everywhere I look, happy to be a part of it. I raised Chickens as a kid (we had 40) but that was a long time ago, so I'm starting anew. We've...