yes, that is possible...until your girls start laying normal eggs...I would suggest getting some fake rubber, or wooden eggs, and leave them in the nest... this will stop your girls eating any eggs... regards Marianne,
just put a bowl of milk down every day until they lay proper eggs....then put a bowl down a couple of times a week.....trust me...it works...i have been doing this for my girls when they started laying soft shell eggs....I have a friend who is a breeder and she told me this tip....worked like a...
Im really sorry for your loss, but its really difficult to know what the problem could be, dont know how many chickens you have left, but if you have removed them from the soil, well things should be ok, but if they are sick chickens, then you need some sort of anti biotics for them...sorry I...
Did they all die the same as this one ? Its good that you have removed them, but you hav'nt had them long, it may even be a virus, they are passing on to each other....The fact that you dont know how old they are, could be a number of reasons whats wrong....did you get them from a breeder ?
If there is poison in the soil, the best thing to do is remove your chickens, or get rid of the soil, if there is poison there, I don't know of any way to 'make it non poisonous' poison is toxic....and kills most animals...How do you know it is poisonous ? How old is the chicken, it may not...
Yes there is a difference, Straw is wheat and is usually used for bedding for animals, Hay is grass dried and baled and used for food for animals - hope this helps
Iike some of the folk who use straw, we do to, but our run is covered, we find it works well, but I think this is because it is mostly rain proof, we are about to make a sand pit in the run, so the chucks can have dust baths, but we find straw great.....but I suppose it would be pretty messy in...
Well don't know about anyone else but In the past we have got chickens in September younger than yours, and they layed all through the winter, chickens dont stop laying in the winter, they may lay less, but they still lay, so I would keep looking for eggs