Ok, now I know this isn't just my birds who lay strange sizes and odd looking eggs.
Also 2 weeks ago they boycotted me and only laid 2 eggs for 2 days. I built a new pen as they cant free range when the garden is young so perhaps they were mad?
They are now back to laying the 5 to 6 per day...
Thanks. I am afraid that the dust batsh have been touigh e3ven its been so wet here.
Can I use ashes from the fire place? Perhaps put it in a litter pan in the coop?
I have a question. I would like to spring clean my coop. It's been a long wet winter and the weather is getting nice, eventually.
Should I go ahead and treat for parasites in the coop. I use pine shaving and have lots of vents but they are birds.
Is it correct to assume that most chickens get...
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My girls have passive ventilation with roof vents along the soffits and vents cut in the walls so I get air passing straight through the coop.
My concern was that my girls would get frost bite with subzero temps coming. So I close the wall...
So, I went with the pine shavings. They were upset with me the first day. I have always had pine shavings in the coop but not the run. I had to physically put them into the run as they were not sure of what to do with their new digs. They all wanted to purch on the ramp to the coop, it was funny...
I am wondering what would make a good bedding for my pen. Being a fledging master gardener wood shavings are not good to be used around anything you want to grow uless it has already been composted as it depleats the nigrogen otu fo the soil.
I am thinking of using pine shaving the same I use in...
I have a nice size pen with shade and I free range. In the am I turn them out weather permitted and they make a b-line for the horse barn and make their rounds through grandma's gardens and woods, shes our neighbor. This allows me to gather the eggs, I got 4 today , they just started laying...