Hi, We have had 5 new chicks hatch, one hen and one turkey have decided to be the mammas. Since this happened the other girls stopped laying. Every morning my rooster and one hen fly over our coop and wander around our yard cock-a-doodle-dooing. I thought this was just their romantic morning...
THANK YOU! Great tips and exactly what I was looking for! I am going to attempt to move an older coop over as it is smaller and has easier access (just heavy). Failing that I will put a lower level door in that can be sealed up during winter. :0) Thank you! I love this site!!
We went away on holidays and the neighbour was to remove eggs. She didn't so when we returned I decided just to let the broody hen continue (and a broody turkey). So, I have two nests going. I remove the new eggs daily. I have no idea what the hatch dates are so I just keep an eye on them both...
I'm fairly new to this. I have three ameraucana hens and one roo, two silkie roos (because I couldn't find a home for them (thought they were hens) so I just keep them around) plus one female turkey (is she still called a poult if she's almost a year old?)
Everything has been going well with...
Thank you. Great idea! I will try this. I did try trimming the feathers around all the silkie's faces...haha...OMG...that was interesting! Tonight three of the four silkies were huddled together outside. I've just been putting them all in the coop every night but I'm not really interested in...
Hi. I have moved my coop to a larger area and moved all my chickens over. It's a new setup for them but all the chickens (and a turkey) seem to have figured out how to walk up the ramp to the coop at night. All, except one silkie. I find her every evening huddled under a tree and I worry she'll...
Hi. I have raised chickens for about four years now (layers) and have decided to venture into turkeys. We will be relocating our coop to a more private area of our yard (where the small wood deck is below). While we do have 2.5 acres of property the neighbours to our right are quite particular...
I have a small coop with only 4 hens (looking to grow this larger this year). The hens are 2 years old. Last year they produced daily beautiful eggs. During the winter the production decreased dramatically and I assumed it was the cold (I did put a heat lamp and insulated the coop). The...
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I will check their legs. All our hens are VERY friendly as my daughter has played with them since they were chicks. The Roo may very well be the culprit, he is very aggressive and we are actually trying to find a new home for him. It makes collecting eggs an issue with...
Hi, newbie here. I have a small flock of 5 hens and one roo. They are all 1.5 years old. I went away for a family holiday and had a housesitter who looked after everything. When I returned one hen (Tiny) was hobbling around and looked like she had broke her leg. I separated her. She seems a...