I recently got my first chickens, three groups of different ones; 3 from one place, 5 from another place and a single one from yet another place.
One of the hens is laying who seems to be the highest in the pecking order (and funny enough is one of the smaller chickens lol) is laying an egg...
I'm sure this is probably a dumb question but here goes...
I lease property where I keep my chickens and it's 2 minutes from my house so I come and go frequently. There is a very large hen house and about pretty large fenced area (about 1/2 acre) for them to go out in. For now, my 6 week old...
I just got all of my chickens within the last 2 weeks and recently moved them from my garage to their coop and yard. They were laying in the garage so I thought it was strange that they weren't laying at the farmyard. My son climbed up on a pile of hay and found 5 beautiful eggs in a spot I...
I'm really new to chickens and trying to figure all of this out
I was just about to throw away the peels (shells? not sure of the proper name lol) from shrimp but then I wondered if that would be something that is ok to give my chickens?
I can't find the answer in my books.
Thanks!
Laura
Hello - I'm really new!
I just signed the lease on my small piece of country property today so I can finally get some chickens after wanting them for several years. I wish I would have done more research over the past couple of years because when I began to search for some chickens, I found...