I also put some fake eggs in their nest. Every once in a while I catch one of my hens sitting on a faky.
I let mine range in the morning but if one feels an egg "coming on" it will stay in the nest. Be carefull, I stepped on my very fist-long awaited egg because they hadn't figured out what the...
I am brand new to this whole chicken thing too and quit frankly I think our city frowns on the idea of having chickens at all. Now that I have fallen in love with them I can't imagine life with out them:love
What if you just asked your neighbors permission. If they are ok with it then I say go...
I am brand new to this whole chicken thing too and quit frankly I think our city frowns on the idea of having chickens at all. Now that I have fallen in love with them I can't imagine life with out them:)
What if you just asked your neighbors permission. If they are ok with it then I say go for it.
Thanks for your help. I guess the pccking order is a real thing I will keep trying to work on it slowly and I guess in back of the hen house is a fine hidding place for now.
OK- the easter bunny brought us four chicks: 2 RIRs and 2 Auracanas that lay brown eggs so we think ther are really Aumericanas. We loved them so much we got 2 barred rocks a couple of months latter. The BRs are almost as big as the other four now so I decided to integrate them. It didn't go so...