Right now we have 2 hen who have started laying. Been laying about a week we have gotten a total of 5-6 eggs. They won't lay in the nest boxes we provided, they are laying on the ground. I marked and moved the egg into the box yesterday and it disappeared. Went back out today and there was...
How high off the ground are u suppose to put nest boxes? Also if you let a hen keep some eggs to hatch how are the babies suppose to get back into the box if the follow her out?
How much space would one rooster and a couple of hens need?
I have 30 delaware coming and they will go in the big coop. But we have the 3 that we hatched out and it seems that along with my oddie that at least one of them is a hen. We want to keep our odd ball but don't want to have him by...
Can anyone tell me what breed this is? I ordered some Delaware eggs and an oddie popped out I'm not sure how to post the pic here so I'm adding a link
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Hello,
We are in VA near the Ky state line.
Hubby decided he wanted chickens for eggs and meat plus we raw feed our dogs. We have ordered 25 (straight run) Delaware chicks should be here the first week in April.
We are taking an old rabbit hutch 20 ft long and 6 feet wide and turning that...