Hi everyone, I had a small flock of just two Polish hens. They were sisters and turned 4 years old in February. Yesterday morning, both girls were acring completely normal. I let them out of their coop into their run & fed them as usual.
My family and I left for the day and when we returned, we...
Hello all! I'm about to do a sort of “revamp” on my DIY coop. Currently, it has 3 nest boxes inside that I will be removing to make room for some new hens. Instead, I plan on building 2 new external double nest boxes, one for each end of my coop, that will ideally be removable for easy cleaning...
Just thought I'd share some newer pics of our 2 mottled (laced) polish girls, Whoopie and Wanda. They're just over a year old and giving us over a dozen eggs a week :)
My two polish pullets just turned a year old and have been laying at least an egg a day. Unfortunately, they have been laying them in the roost. None have cracked yet, luckily, but they refuse to lay in the nest boxes! They both sit in a nest box during the day, but haven't laid any eggs there...
I'm New to the forum, as well as to raising my own chickens. I haven't had any since I was a young girl, and I don't really count that since all I did was collect eggs.
Right now, we (my family and I) have two 8 month old mottled polish hens named Whoopi and Wanda. We have had 2 perfect eggs so...
Hello! I've been reading the thread, but I still have some questions regarding my girls. I have 2 mottled polish hens that turned 8 months old today.
Monday - Friday they are confined to their coop and run. On weekends, they roam freely during the day in our half acre fenced yard. They always...