My chickens won't use the new nesting boxes we purchased that we installed before they started laying eggs. Instead, they are using the corner nest boxes we have for our duck. The duck isn't to happy about sharing her nest that she lays her eggs in and sleeps in. She was here before the...
Okay here is the mystery. We got a young hen and drake in the fall of 2016. The hen laid her first clutch of eggs (20) in March 2017 and they all hatched the end of April. We kept one of the female offsprings. The older hen laid eggs two more times in 2017. We ate the one clutch of eggs, but...
Hi my name is Donna, and my boyfriend and I recently decided to get chickens. We already raise Mascovy Ducks, and we built this huge pen for them, and thought let's try chickens too. We like the idea of having fresh eggs and chickens to eat, and knowing how they are fed and raised is a big...