I have a small flock of only 4 birds. Only one of them is laying, which is the Plymouth rock. The other three, two buff orpingtons and one columbian rock are not. Anybody have something similar like this ever happen to them? These chickens are all about 20+weeks old. Are they missing something...
I am feeding my chickens layer pellets and grower finisher Mixed together Along with chicken scratch The brand is Dumore . One of the chickens is still a Juvenile I believe.
I am feeding my chickens layer pellets and grower finisher Mixed together Along with chicken scratch The brand is Dumore . One of the chickens is still a Juvenile I believe.
Well speak of the devil, one of the chickens decided to go in the nesting box and lay. How do I get all of the chickens to use the box's? (Especially the top ones)
Hello everyone, I have a slight dilemma. My chickens are not laying in their egg crates and I only find 1 egg a day with 4 birds. Which ever chicken is laying, prefers not to lay in the egg crates, but rather on the floor.
Yes, that is the coop and run in my avatar picture. I should cut down the feeding of my birds, so the wild birds don't come so often. It would nice to not be feeding the neighborhood. The only reason that I do not do that is because I have a smaller chicken that is the runt of the flock, and...
Every day I look outside at my coop, more and more of these little birds are stealing from my chickens food. About a week ago, there was maybe one or two, and now there is at least twenty or more. It is like all of these free loaders are saying to the other birds hey come on down it's a buffet...
Some time in the last two days, one of my chickens laid an egg for the first time. What is the period of time that I can safely eat that egg? (unrefrigerated eggs)
Update: All of the chickens are getting along with each other. The sectioning of the coop off allowed them to interact enough to where they could get to know one another. Now that the divider is not up anymore, you can see that everything is cool,calm,and collected in my coop.