My pullets, about nine weeks old, have gotten so much bigger since they have been outdoors all day feasting on grass and whatever else they find. Then, when they go inside their house for the night, they gather round the feeder and eat as though they haven't had a thing all day. Their pop door...
I have 9 pullets that are about two to two and a half weeks old. There is a tenth pullet who is about three weeks older. This tenth one, a barred rock, has been trying to escape, without success, out of the top of the brooder. When she does this, her running and leaping makes for a tense...
For chickens going from the henhouse floor to roosts or nest boxes, is a 45 degree ramp angle too steep? If 45 degrees is too steep, what is the maximum angle you would recommend?
TIA,
Der Alte
Yesterday, we got our chicks from Country Hatchery in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Dennis, the owner was very nice and treated us as though we were big customers. He showed us the incubators and answered our questions. He had one each of all seven breeds ready for us. Get this. We had ordered back in...
I'm building my first coop and am using 2x2s for roosts. There are four roosts, each 48" long with a distance of 10 1/2" between them. There is a distance of 9.5 inches from the bottom surface of the 2x2s down to the droppings board. I want to use some hex mesh chicken wire as a barrier to keep...
Hi,
I am beginning my first henhouse. I'm converting an 8'x10'
stick-built wooden shed that sits on a concrete pad.
The lower part of the interior walls will be 4' high by 8' long, 1/2" thick OSB secured to the existing wall studs. The upper part will be hex chicken wire for ventilation. The...
I'm setting up to get my first small group of chickens. I'm going to begin with 6 or so, but my permit allows 12 (no roosters).
Why is it that the hatcheries don't have any chicks available until February? What do they do with the eggs? I'm sure they can't keep the roosters away from the hens...