So is anyone getting any of this bad weather they have been predicting for us yet. I have not gotten any and hoping it isnt quite what they predicted it to be.
Welcome to BYC and the chicken world in general. Best advice I can give is use this site to your advantage their is alot of good info on here. Also just enjoy keeping chickens they have a lot of personality if you take the time to watch.
I have caught another coon tonight. This is the third one this week hoping to start thinning them out. I put out a live trap and put some food scraps in there and caught the first two. This time I just set the live trap and caught a smaller one. These things must be reproducing faster than im...
I am planning on hatching some BLRW and some Lavender Orpingtons. Anyone one have any of these breeds and any info would be helpful. I have buff orps and GLW and SLW didnt know if they differed much as far as temperment or egg production.
Sometimes it does help to remove the bully from the flock as it may lower her status in the pecking order but if shes that dominant then she may just be the bully all the time. Got to take into consideration the safety of many over the safety of one.
She could just be playing the protector role if you have no roosters in your flock. It's kind of a personal judgement call on how to handle her from here on out. It may not get better sometimes genes cant be changed.
I just usually make about 3 huge omelets for the family on sunday morning and can get alot of our older eggs used up that way. I know its nothing fancy but it works for me.
Welcome to BYC. Enjoy the chicken expierence its definalty a fun one. Chickens are usually pretty hardy animals as far as weather goes. How cold does it get there? Where I live we had windchills of -10 and they were ok in the coop outside.
Yea I want to say it was at this cory creek place that sells all kinds of live stock. I've been up too long and staring at a computer screen all night dosen't help. LOL oh well i suppose it happens
Also what I do from time to time is hard boil some eggs and crush them up and feed it to them so they get the egg shell. Dont give them whole hard boiled eggs as it may encourage them to eat eggs out of the nest box.