WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF BIRD WE HAVE ON OUR HANDS. WE KNOW THAT THE HEN IS A BLACK SEX-LINK, BUT WHAT IS THE ROOSTER IN THE RUN? WE HAVE BEEN TOLD HE IS A LEGHORN LABRADOR, BUT WE JUST CALL HIM "JEB"
I Have 4 Isa Browns And They All Of Sudden Stop Laying (10 Days Ago). They Are 1 1/2 Years Old, They Have Plenty Of Water, No Change In Diet And No Change In Coop Materials. I Just Dont Understand What Happend. The Weather Here Has Been Very Warm To Hot, But Its Been Cool At Night. I Would...
My Question Is, I Have 4 Isa Browns 1yr. Old Hens, When Is It Safe To Put The 4 Delawares (hens) With Them . The Delawares Are 5wks Old And I Live In Michigan With 30- 50 Degree Days Still. Thanks!
I live in michigan, and I have a smaller coop with 4 Isa Browns, during the winter months is it ok to leave the lights on in the coop 24/7 for heating purposes?????? This will be the 1st winter with our feathered babies, and we dont want them to be uncomfortable in any way. Thanks...
DOES ANYONE HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR ME HOW TO GET MY HENS TO LAY IN THE NESTING BOXES. I HAVE PINE SHAVINGS IN THE BOXES AND STRAW IN MY CHICKEN RUN, ONE IS USING THE BOX BUT ONE OF THE OTHERS KEEP USING THE RUN. HELP!!!!!
When is it ok too feed my hens scratch?????? is it ok to mix with grower/finisher? A little confused, I have been told scratch is winter thing when egg production is low, is this true??? THANKS (4 Isa Browns 16wks)
;)This is our new chicken coop that the kids and I built together, the coop part was bought as a combo coop/run. We enclosed the run and added on our own run with lights and fans. My inlaws want to know when we are going to install cable tv and the internet.
My Isa Browns are 16 weeks old (4 Hens), and on Sunday July 18th we had 1 small egg , which I read this is Mother Natures way of getting the hen ready for larger ones. But this egg had both yoke and white??? Normal???? The following day we discovered a large egg!!!!! The large egg had 3 yokes...