This hen is an Easer Egger or otherwise known as Americana, we specifically wanted these for thier blue/ green eggs. We have 2 and they are beautiful, Paula and Laurel.
We use pine shavings, they work great. For $5 you get a giant package and it lasts forever. We fill the coop and when the coop is dirty we push the old shavings into their yard and add new to the coop again. For us this works great, we do this about every 2 months and we have no odor. Every...
We were having a really bad molt, our 1st. I spoke to the gentleman where I buy my food and he suggested a feed for wild game birds, he said it is 30% higher in protien. He also said we only need one bag. So I gave it a try and, that was a month ago, my girls are already looking better and...
Yikes! I was beginning to worry, we have a few pretty "naked" chickens. This is the 1st molt we have had. This has been going on for a few months, how long does it continue and is there something I can do to help get their feathers back before it gets too cold?
Yikes! I was beginning to worry, we have a few pretty "naked" chickens. This is the 1st molt we have had. This has been going on for a few months, how long does it continue and is there something I can do to help get their feathers back before it gets too cold?