Hello~ has anyone ever used something else besides golf balls or ceramic eggs for the first time laying trick? My girls are soon to be old enough and id like to introduce something to get them thinking about laying. Don't hav any golf balls. Checked Walmart and I don't want that many golf balls...
Hi, I started out feeding my flock crumble feed. I decided to try pellets. And they don't seem to eat it as much. It's taking forever to got thru the bag of pellets. Next time I'll feed crumbles. Has anyone else noticed if their flock prefers one over the other? Maybe mine are just picky.
Hi! I hav an 18 week old rooster( Big Shot) who is learning to crow. He is an Isa Brown. Recently he has taken a break from learning. Is this normal? Afraid maybe male Guinea is bullying him. I would like to everyone's story of when your rooster started crowing! Be it funny, interesting, strange...
I have 14 hens, 1 rooster, and a male and female Guinea pair. The flock is about 18 weeks old. The male Guinea pecks my hens sometime hard enough to pull out feathers. Today I heard comotion, and went outside to check. I found the make Guinea latched onto the tailfeathers of Big Shot the rooster...
Any advice please! My 17 week hen hasn't laid any eggs yet. This morning during chores I found her against the wall acting sick. She had watery chalky poop and moves very very slow. Is she really sick or do they act like this when close to laying the first egg? I'm concerned. I know it's not...