Is it cheaper in the long run to hatch chicks yourself then buying? I know you have more of a chance getting rooster since the chicks you get @ the feed store are already sexed?
I have had 2 chickens hurt legs because getting off or on perch. Is there a better way to have your perch so they don't get injured? I have a ladder for them to get up. But not sure if they use it. My perch is 3 ft off the ground.
we are getting mid to high 80's now the weather has cooled off. But during the summer I was getting 4-7 eggs with the hot weather. But its cooled down in the mid 80's to high 80's. With the weather cooler I thought I would be getting more eggs. I love in nothern ca. I have a batch of hens that's...
We now have just ended summer time of temps in over 100. We are getting into high high 70's to low mid 80's. I thought in the cooler weather my eggs would be increasing. But im still getting about 7-4 eggs a day. my hens are 13 2 yrs old hens. I have 8 hens that 1 year. Now that's it cooler...
I have 15 adult chickens 1 batch 2 yrs & another batch 1 yrs we are hitting high 90's to low hundred & getting 5- 7 eggs a day. Is there anyway to increase their egg laying in summer?
I have 16 adult hens & just add 10 more 13 week old chicks. I was wondering I have one stainless steel poultry feeder. Since ive added more chickens. Since I've added more chickens do I need another feeder so it doesn't causes fights?
Last year after the days got longer. Iv was getting 10-13 eggs a day. I have 16 hens. 1 have a batch of chickens that are 2 years & 1 years. Now this summer I'm getting 5-7 eggs a day. Although our weather has been kinda up & down in temp. We have a few days off 70's, high 80's to few days high...
I have 11 week old chicks that I need to introduce to my grown hens. We have an old dog kennel outside that we put them in during the day & the grown hens are free range during the day. But the grown hens has a coop they go into to go to bed. We have a area where we've barricaded to put the...
we've had some 90 degrees & plus for a few days. But still kinda dipping down in some cooler weather middle 80's. Last year even during the hottest part of the summer i was getting good collection of 10-12 eggs a day. But fews weeks ago i was getting that number of 10-12 eggs a day. This year...
Few weeks i was getting 10,12 & 13 a day I have 16 layers. But now I'm getting 7 at the least 10 at the most. But are weather has been 90's degrees, 95 degrees & 100 degrees. Could that cause them to drop in eggs? Is there anything that I could do increase their laying during the summer time...
Which chicken out of black sexlink or rhode island reds Last longer in egg laying ability? How many years of egg laying can you get out of a black sexlink vs rhode island reds?
I love in northern California we just started getting 100 degree weather for the first time this year. I've just notice 1 of my. Chickens have feathers missing & red skin on her behind. What kind of pest is this. I let my chickens out to free range for all day then I close them in at night. Does...