Our 3 hens have done fine so far this winter. We have them in a fairly generous size coupe with lots of straw that we freshen daily and of course fresh water and food. They have access to the outdoors but typically won't go out if there is fresh snow on the ground, so they haven't ventured very...
Is there any way to determine which eggs are coming from which hens? We have 3 hens. We are getting 2-3 eggs most days of the week. We get a mix of large-medium size brown eggs, and small pale/light brown eggs. I have included a photo of the eggs below.
We have 1 plymouth rock hen, and 2...
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We have 3 hens, all adopted locally around 10 weeks of age. They started laying eggs July 30th.
I posted a question about a neck injury on one of the hens last week (in the injuries section of the forums). It seemed minor, but it resulted in dried blood on her neck. A responder to...
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We are about 3 months into our chicken experience. They just started laying eggs July 31. We are up to getting 3 eggs per day now.
This morning we let the girls out of their coop (they free-range during the the day in a fenced garden-type area) and we had 2 unusual occurrences.
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Hello. We adopted 4 pullets (about 3 months old) and have them overnighting in a coop we purchased and assembled. The coop is roughly 79" long x 29" wide x 38" high. It has two nest boxes. The coop sits inside our fenced garden. We want to have the chickens free range in the garden during...