We have 8 hens 4 RIRs, 2 Black Australorps, and 2 EEs - in a tractor with attached run. This is our first year with hens, so we got started late (we were told) trying the light thing to keep them laying through the winter. We didn't want to drag an electrical cord half way across the yard, so...
My husband is a photographer with IStockPhoto.com, and I am organizing a 3-day photoshoot for 25 professional photographers on a local CSA farm in the Snoqualmie Valley (Carnation, WA) August 13-15.
The event is called "Chickenlypse" (long story, but all of these type events are called...
This is our first flock (since January of this year.) We have 8 - 2 Black Australorps, 3 RI Reds, and 3 Easter Eggers - all hens, all the same age out of the same original breeder (9 months old).
We run them in a tractor with attached run, and they are let out of the raised coop every morning...
Hello,
My name is Lisa, and my family and I live on 10 acres in the Snoqualmie Valley in Western Washington State.
I am just getting started on the research end of things and would appreciate being pointed in any useful direction.
We would like to try keeping chickens strictly for egg laying...