My hens, bantam cochins, have all stopped laying since it started getting dark so early. Is it okay to just let them not lay for awhile or do I need to set up a light in the hen house and extend daylight artificially? I am not concerned about not having eggs at the moment but do want them to...
We play this game in my house everytime the lottery gets ridiculously huge and we buy a ticket. For me it's the real prize in playing the lottery. The What I Would Do game! So here goes....
If I won a zillion dollars I would immediately give my loved ones trust funds with a couple million...
I have a young barred rock pullet - approximately 10 - 12 weeks old. She has been the picture of health since I got her about a month ago. Up until yesterday. Yesterday she was extremely lethargic and not particularly interested in her food, not even treats like grapes. I could tell...
5/25 at 9pm was exactly 21 days. 4 chicks hatched within 12 hours prior and after that time. Yesterday I went to toss the remaining 6 eggs. Before I ddi that I did a float test. OMG one of the eggs started bobbing around like a bobber with a fish on the line and it was PEEPING! I...
My standard cochin pullet, born 12/25/10, has what I can best describe as a wet snuffle/sneeze. She does this little cough/sneeze thing and it always sounds wet. She doesn't have any discharge and she is otherwise seemingly healthy. She eats, drinks and poos just like her coop mate. I am...
I am in need of a standard cochin pullet or young hen. I care more about health than color but if I had a choice I would probably choose black or buff or partridge first. I am in Fayettevile AR and am not opposed to paying for shipping as well but would prefer to pickup or meet. Thanks so much!
I am starting the process of designing and building my coop and would like some suggestions. I live in Arkansas where it gets really humid in the summer and sometimes pretty hot - 90's and up. It also can get pretty cold in the winter - down into single digits and snow. I'm a little stumped...
We are getting a friend's coop. I am guesing I should disinfect it before putting my chickens in it but don't know how to go about doing that. Suggestions, tips, advice, brownies?
I just bought my first ever chickens today! Four cochin pullets - two splashes and two partridges - Nugget, Potpie, Fingers and Little. I am so ridiculously excited even though really I have no idea what I am doing. Hence joining this board! I am sure I will be spending hours upon hours...