One chicken only, Cecilia, continues to lay soft-shelled eggs which usually crack on contact with the shavings in the box. We do feed oyster shells and layer feed. I actually witnessed the laying, dropped into the box, I turned it over, broken. Help?
We have run out of Oyster shells:( for a week or so, and the last egg was paper thin. Snowing in Maine and won't get to the feed store till Monday, what is a good substitute for calcium when the snow is falling and we are stuck at home?
I got 6 Aracaunas, one is yellow, now white and about four times larger than the rest of brownish ones. I told my feed store where I got them and they think I got a "broiler" mixed in by mistake. It looks like a rooster and ALL it does is lie there and eat. IT LOOKS TO WEIGH 4 LBS OR SO...
When do I switch from the starter food? And what treats can I introduce besides meal worms and at what age.? ^ chicks, three weeks... What happens next? New to chickens!
I think one of my six chicks is a rooster,and everyone is giving me advice. We have been calling her large Magre causeshe is huge and now I see signs of rooster-dom!
What difference does it make with the eggs? Are you best to keep it or do I want just layers? This is my first time, getting...
I am new to this, had aracaunas (6) two days. When to start to handle so that they are friendly? I have them at my retail shop and I'm having a chicken naqming contest. Very Fun.
Want them to get used to me, looking for advice.