Today Marsha layed her first egg! 🥰 It's a tiny, cute little egg that weighs in at 31 grams. She's been squatting for about a week. Today she was acting very panicked and kept going in and out of the nesting box so I had feeling today would be the day! One of my other pullets, Millie, layed her...
Millie layed her first egg! 🥰 She even layed it in the nesting box. Isn't it beautiful?!
She layed a soft shell egg that was broken/torn in the coop two days ago but I told her we wouldn't count that one.
Who else is with me here? We have 18 and 19 week olds that aren't laying yet (Cinnamon Queen, California White, EE and Blue Maran mix). They're still on chick starter, have oyster shells, grit and spend probably 80% of their day outside of their coop/run. We made them a 'backyard' because free...
I'm getting ready to pick up another bag of starter feed for my 8 week olds. They've been on Purina medicated and I'll be getting Kalmbach, should I continue using medicated for the next 50 lbs or not? Also, how long should I keep them on starter? It seems some people keep them on it forever and...
6 week old Cinnamon Queen
It's bigger than the other one we have, has had a comb for awhile now (the other is just getting hers), chest bumps the other 3 chicks, flies and lands on the other chicks backs and has dive bombed my hand.
Good afternoon! My husband and I are new to chickens. We're almost done with our coop and I wanted to double check that we didn't miss anything important. For starts, we live in central Iowa. Our coop is 4' x 5' for 4 chickens and the run is 8' x 5' with another 4 ft under the coop. The run has...
Hi guys! I've researched and read on the types of sand to use and what not to use but I want to double check. We have a two week old that is starting to take dust baths in her bedding and crumble any chance she gets so I think it's time to get some sand! Plus the other girls will probably enjoy...