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Thank you. My search criteria didn't include the word fresh. Interesting because that means most store bought eggs are not indeed farm fresh.

Anyone have this issue before? We currently feed them layer crumbles supplemented with whatever is in the yard and of course oyster shell and grit. Occasionally BOSS and scratch. They're great for the frying pan and baking but hardboiled is awful.

I agree it can take months for them to integrate and it is painful seeing the pullets being bullied but that's the chicken life. I've always took some poultry wire and tposts and segregated the new chicks in the run so the hens could see and interact with them behind borders. as for the nest...

I would head to big lots and get a large plastic tub and use that as a brooder. We've been doing that since we started our flock three years ago and they work great. They work very well to keep the heat in. When they get older take the lid and cut out a large section out of the middle and...

Remember this information because it's key. Don't worry about them dying of thirst..they WILL find the water.

I've been using the standard vertical nipples for mine. I have a 5 gal bucket with four nipples on one side of the coop and a rain barrel fed by the garage gutter with PVC coming out the bottom with an additional five nipples in the run. I have to fill up the bucket maybe once every two weeks...

As suggested, remove all other forms of water and ensure that the placement of the nipples is in a central location that's easily accessible. I have a rain barrel that has PVC running from the bottom of it with nipples attached and also a 5gl bucket with four nipples on the bottom of it. As...

I probably put in about a pound per thirty pounds and that's dried. I haven't thought about giving it to them gelled..just never really had the time to commit to doing it that way.

I've been feeding my chickens Chia for a few months now. I mix it in with their normal feed.

I have a Barred Rock who is at the bottom of the pecking order as well and she didn't start laying for approximately a year and to this day she lays maybe once or twice a week but I recently introduced more pullets into the mix which has caused her to be in the nest more often. Chickens are weird.

Good idea. Never thought about doing that. Maybe I'll ask our local grocer if they could do that. To the OP. For six full grown hens and six pullets we go through about 50lbs every two weeks so that number sounds about correct. In the past couple of weeks consumption has gone down quite a...

My hens from day one have been using the nipple types. Even new chicks get it down right away. I just keep all other sources of water away from them, minus the dog water which they use sometimes. To the OP, can they get to the nipples on the bottom of the bucket with ease?

From what I understand from research that I've done is that bread doesn't provide a lot of necessary nutrients to chickens. I could be incorrect however.

I recently started mixing in Chia and BOSS into my feed and come to find out they pick some of the feed out to get to the BOSS. Back to the drawing board.

Let them eat...they're growing! I can understand restricting treats but feed?

What I've done for adding chicks to the adult flock is segregating an area in the run for the chicks so they can become acquainted then putting them in the coop at night. Rinse and repeat for a week. For adding same or close to the same age is just throwing them into the fire so to speak...

I wouldn't mix them if they are that much of a difference in age. The younger ones will just get trampled. Chickety, no issues with combining from different breeders.

Love the coop and this comment. Great to see couples coming together to accomplish a project.

Depending on the breeds you have I would say that 4ft will not work. Our birds would fly right over our 4ft makeshift fence to our garden like it wasn't even there. I eventually built an enclosed run, 30x30 with 5ft farm fence, treated posts, and netting over the top. The net was the trick...

We almost bought some of those a few weeks ago when we decided to add some variety to the flock but in the end we couldn't get away from the nekkid neck look. Very interesting breed.