My Chantecler layer has gone broody and I have only one nesting box for my three laying hens. How do I snap her out of it? It has been a week and we never see her! My kids love it because they can pet her while she stares into space but my other hens have decreased production and started laying...
My laying hens have been with me for 10 days. I offer them organic layer feed and free choice oyster shell. I refresh water daily. They also get "treats" daily (vegetables/fruits/meats/greens from the garden). I have heard a lot on this site about apple cider vinegar, omega-3s and...
I am loving the sand in my chicken run. It is so easy to clean and maintain and it looks great. But it is almost TOO easy! Every morning when I rake up the poop to scoop out with a litter scoop it literally disappears! I am just concerned that over time the sand will still look good but will be...
I recently put sand in both my coop and run. I absolutely love it in the coop. I only have three hens so it is small and it takes 2 minutes to scoop out the poop with a kitty litter scoop. In the run it is great as well - I rake up the poop and then use the scoop to shake off the excess sand, it...
A few concerns about my new little flock...
It seems that at least one and maybe two of my chickens are laying right now and they mostly do so mid-morning. I thought they mostly laid eggs at night but maybe I just assumed!
Also one of the hens is very dominant - she seems cranky and will...
We brought our three hens home two days ago and set them up in a new coop/run. My whole family has been in and out of the coop feeding and handling the hens. This morning my daughter and my husband are sick with flu like symptoms. I did make sure to wash both of my kids hands after being in and...
Hello all! Two nights ago I brought our hens home - one white chantecler, one partridge chantecler and a gold laced wyandotte. This morning I found three eggs in the coop already! BUT - they were not in the nesting box but were laying underneath the roosts AND one had a very soft shell. Here are...