My chickens are about a year old. I have three coops/runs - one with welsummers, one with buffs, and one with sex links. Four in each coop, and the coop/runs are quite large, could put probably eight more birds in each area.
They all started laying last year in August and then stopped for the...
This is my first season with laying hens (I always raised meat birds.)
I have 14 Buff Orpintons about 21 weeks old, couple roosters
3 ISA brown about 22 weeks old
1 random banty hen that my mom gave me, about 2 years old
11 Welsummers about 16 weeks old, 2 roosters
The banty hen lays regularly...
Can I get some assistance on ideas for a duck enclosure?
I got my ducklings before I built an enclosure... ignoring all advice about how stinky they are lol.
So now I am frantically building a duck pen. What I am currently setting up is a 6' by 20' chain-link run with an old goat shed on one...
I have always raised meat birds. This is my first foray into layers.
I have 15 Buff Orpingtons about 7 weeks old, and 3 ISA Browns about 9-10 weeks old. Not sure how old they were when I got them as little chicks, but I've had them for 9 weeks.
One of the ISA Browns has dug herself a little...