I think this is a Rooster, but I want to get opinions before I give it away. 10 weeks old. Large red comb already. The barring and coloring is lighter than 2 others I have (not pictured). They all came from the same hatchery (ordered as eggs that we hatched :) ) Also the other two barely have a...
Approx 3 months ago, all of my hens slowed down laying to almost nothing. They had plenty of water (theres actually a spring in the yard...they hardly drink from the watering can), good balanced layer feed, and seemed perfectly happy. But... I inspected them and found lice. We dusted them really...
So i added a light on a timer a few weeks back inside the coop, to try to keep the eggs coming. Right now it comes on around 5am. Sunrise is just after 7am. We leave the door between the coop and run open 24/7 (I know, not recommended, but if you saw our run, you would understand that nothing is...
These Buffs are about 8 months old. One of them just lays wherever she wants to. I recently put up a camera, and this is what I found, check out her style of laying...
Newbie here. Trying to get some ideas on encouraging our chickens to lay in their nesting boxes.Heres a pic from our coop cam taken just minutes ago. You can see their favorite spot to lay, there in the corner. :)
So some details. Our 6 buff orp's are around 26 weeks old and started...
Hi all, we are new to chickens, and we just hatched 14 Buff Orpingtons in a incubator I made. They're a week old today, so I'm starting to investigate coop options, including location. We live on an acre, but other than the middle of the yard (no trees), there isnt a fantastic place to put the...