I have a Bantam hen that has been somewhat of a bully towards my full sized hens, and now I think that it has started to lay, it isn't leaving the coop, however my other little banty is still mingling fine. Not sure if one or two of my other hens have said, enough is enough and have started to...
I'm using 1/2 inch hardware cloth as the floor of my chicken coop, my original thought was the poop would go through the cloth and down onto the dirt 3 feet below, then rake out the poop every once in a while. This worked fine when my hens were little chicks. Now the 1/2 inch hardware cloth...
Ended up making some wine this year, and had given the chickens some of the wine grapes as treats, and the hens enjoyed them. Now it is about three weeks later, the grapes have fermented and I pressed the grapes into wine last night. Gave my hens a handful of pomace, with some left over...
I started out with 4 pullets, lost 3 to a raccoon; a friend gave me 2 Belgian d Anvers bantams because my lone surviving White Rock looked lonely. Was gone when the birds were introduced to the Plymouth White Rock about a month ago just after the raccoon incident, (I think the WR was still in...
Hello, would like to introduce myself. Been lurking and gleaming some great information, thanks to all, and looking forward to fresh eggs. Live in Sonoma California, have four little peeps in my backyard, 2 Silver Laced Wyandotte's and 2 White Plymouth rocks, am having a hard time telling the...