Hi all, I find it very unusual that my hens are still not laying. I have not done anything different with this batch than I have done with all my other hens over the last 7 years.
We have had two very long and unusually hot molting seasons in a row, but my older girls have mostly all began...
Hello FCL (Fellow Chicken Lovers)
I was looking for a feeding solution to having mixed ages of laying hens in my flock. I followed the advice of someone at the feed store which I purchase my feed at, and she said that Purina Flock Raiser was my answer to this dilemma.
Almost immediately I...
After nearly 6 weeks, my little chicken's broody spell is broken and she finally laid an egg again yesterday. Her broody behavior began in the first week of February. I didn't know what was happening but the more I read up on this topic, I learned what about this behavior. I would take her...
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I received 3 of these beauties about 2 months ago and have not been able to answer the question "what breed are they?" Can someone please help me identify them? They have grown some, are very fluffy around their bottoms and have feathery legs. I was told they were 5...
Is 12 gauge wire overkill for a chicken yard? I am content with 14 gauge to save $$ but my husband thinks everything needs to be industrial grade. 12 gauge will hold in horses. These are only chickens. We live where predators are minimum, occasionally a stray dog, but that's it. No racoons...