Hey there chicken peeps-
I have a new layer of 3 weeks a Blue Copper Marans, who is a 22 weeks old. Every few eggs she has laid a "rubber egg." There have been two or three in total. When she lays a rubber egg it's at night and I find it on the poop tray in the morning. This morning I found...
I am going to do a deep litter system in my hoop coop chicken run. I currently have an Eglu Cube in the run and was thinking of putting Sweet PDZ in the litter tray in the cube. Then, when I scoop the poop out each morning it would get added to the deep litter and stirred in. My question is...
1. Where did you get the birds?
Meyer Hatchery
2. Are they from a feed store, hatchery, or breeder?
Hatchery
3. If you bought them from a hatchery, which breeds did you select?
This one is a Blue Copper Marans. It is the largest of the five chicks by a fair amount, but I know that it is a...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I'm new to chicken keeping. We just got day old chicks for the first time.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I have five chickens.
(3) What breeds do you have?
- Fibro Easter Egger, Lavender Orpington, Blue Copper...