I have 5 chickens, all laying. I usually go collect eggs around 5-6 pm after I'm done working for the day while they are still free-ranging. Sometimes, life gets in the way and I cannot get out to the coop before dark. This used to be no big deal. I would go out, make sure everyone was on the...
My EE finally started laying but won't lay in the nesting box. She's laying on the floor of the run. The other girls say hey, that looks odd, let's peck the crap out of it. Once again, I end up with a pretty green egg that goes in the trash instead of the basket and ultimately my stomach.
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I got 5 chicks on 8/18 (Golden Laced Wyandotte, Welsumer, Double Laced Barvelder, Ameracauna, and a Rhode Island Red) so they are approaching 6 weeks. Up until this weekend, I was not sure how I was going to integrate them with my last remaining hen of my 6 Plymouth Barred Rock hens. The rest...
I realize it is a long shot, but any ideas as to what would eat the *** end out of a chicken and leave the rest. This is the second one this week after having them free range for over a year with no issues. I'm kinda getting ******.
Soooo. The girls have been laying for 3-4 months now. I got 5 eggs from my 6 Barred Rock hens today. Of the 5 normal eggs, the average weight was 1.71 ounces. The tiny egg tipped the scales at 0.85 ounces. Is this normal? Thoughts?
I am going to give a lot of information because I don't know what is relevant. Probably the most relevant piece of information is that I am new at this...
I have 6 Barred Rock hens that are 29 weeks old. The hens free range from dusk till dawn and then get locked in their palace of a coop at...