I am in Florence, SC, and our Tractor Supply says their's are coming in on the 17th, last year they came in on Feb. 10th.. Any body else have any dates to report ?
Our local store here in SC says the chicks will be here by the end of the month;; I see online that Chick Days starts on the 27th;; We got our's last year on the 28th of Feb. also on a Monday.. Can't wait to see the cute babies..
Last winter, our chickens never slacked off with the eggs laying;; This is their second winter, and they are molting, for a couple of months, plus the shorter hours;; I was reluctant to add artificial lighting, but I did it last night for the first time;; Now, my question;; how long will it be...
We got 8 more chickies, but we also got three ducks while we were there, they get along fine, we did this last year also;; Once the ducks get a little bigger, they move to a large pond to live out their lives.
We let them go outside for a few minutes, to get some sun and exrcise, they love to...
Just got back from Tractor Supply; Wife ( Ruth Ann) was one of the first to get there;;; She got 4 Ameraucanas ( Easter Egg Chickens ); 2 Barred Rocks, and 2 Rhode Island Reds;; and we also got 3 Pekin Ducks, just for a few weeks; then they move on to a neighbor's pond. We have 8 hens from...
Don't take this wrong; I believe you when you say you are not getting many eggs.. This is our first year ever with hens; we have 8 ( 5 Amberlinks, 2 BO's and 1 Silver Wyandots. ) We got them all around easter ,last year;from Tractor Supply ; They started laying in August, and have never changed...
We have 5 hens that started laying at 18 and a half weeks. They are mostly white, but with a little brown on them.. They are very calm hens and never give us any trouble. They are now 23 weeks, and several of them have never missed a day laying. I highly recommend them. We got them at Tractor...