I got my chicks back in the spring, around the first week or so of May. They have been well fed, watered and in general, very well taken care of! They need to start laying soon, otherwise...it's BBQ time! OK...just kidding, but why aren't they laying? There are 2 roosters in their coop with...
This will be my birds first winter...I am wondering just how warm do I need to make it for them. They are fully grown (Not laying yet ) so they do have their own little "down jackets". I was thinking I would put a heat lamp on and then they could move as close to it as they needed to!
Any input???
I saw the thread "When do you let your chickens out" and thought I found what I wanted. That wasn't the case.
What I want to know is at what point in their young life can they venture out without getting lost and forgetting where their "home" is???
All my birds are too young to lay. I have 3...
Hi! My name is Andy! We live in a very small town about 100 miles north of Reno, NV. There is not much here, the gypsum mine/sheetrock plant and the desert. The town is only here BECAUSE of the plant.
Anyway...there is a yearly event that puts us on the map, its called Burning Man. It is hard...