Why Would my one hen that is laying start laying on the floor of the coop instead of in one of the ten nice nesting boxes on the wall? I even have golf balls in them!! Any suggestions? Is this hen just confused?
I have a quick question for all of you coop building experts out there. I have recently completed the building of my first Chicken coop and I have a couple of months before I have to have the nests installed. My question is, at what height should I install them? How high is too high, or how...
So I placed 4 eggs in my bator 3 weeks ago today. One I tossed cause it was not fertile. One hatched Wednesday and one yesterday afternoon. Both of these hatches were the easy kind, I went in the room and there was a chick in the bator! The last egg "pipped" "cracked" this morning. That was...
I started my coop Monday! I am building an 8x8 coop. I dont know what my run dimensions will end up being. I have the floor and two walls up currently. And of course it poured rain all night and this morning! I will post some pics if I can remember to take them! My chicks are nearly a month...
I "borrowed" 4 eggs from a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago to put in my new incubator. I candled last night and 3 of the 4 are alive! This is my first batch so I, and the kids, are pretty excited! Looks like Hatch date should be June 5th. Wish me luck!