Yes it finally happened , My neice who is living with us now has the chore of feeding the chickens and has been doing a wonderful job she came in the house after feeding yesterday and had a egg in her hand you would have thought she found a diamond she was beaming with pride it was the first egg...
I have been reading a few sites they say that some chicken will lay as early as 4 months mine are at 4 months now will it hurt to put the nest boxes in now just for GP and will giving egg pellets encourage them to lay sooner will it hurt to give them egg pellets now and mix it with their...
I went to buy feed today and noticed tat the egg pellets were cheaper than the chops and scratch that I have been feeding my girls they are almost 5 months old is it ok to go a head and start them on layer pellets now ? although they aren't actually laying will it hurt any thing
I am concerned about mice is there any way to kill them without harming the chickens I am afraid to use bait block and decon things such as that I have never actually seen any mice but just want to take all precautions any ideas of things i can do to keep the mice out of the coop and still...
I am thinking of getting some of the battery operated tough lights for the coop mainly because of safety issues I just dont feel safe running cords or having power on out in the coop over night my question is will the light from these be good enough for the light supply for egg laying also my...
I am new to raising chickens so far so good though I have about 100 chickens mostly egg layers I am married to a wonderful man and I enjoy going out to the chicken run several tome a day just to watch CTV (chicken tv)