Hello. I'm new to chickens and I made a nipple waterer for the brooder. My chicks are about 1 week apart in age. The older ones seem confident in pecking at the nipples, . I've seen the others briefly peck at them, but I also catch them trying to drink whatever drops down to the blocks of...
I am looking into making a pvc feeder for the coop with a 3" Y at the bottom. So there will be one 3" opening for 7 hens. I am new to all of this, and just got the chicks, and they appear to be stepping all over each other to get to the feed now.
The current chick feeder is one of those...
Hello! I'm in the process of building a small coop in the back yard. There's a farm and feed mill nearby and when I spoke with the farmer, he said that he had 18 week old Red Sex Link pullets for sale that were already laying. The 'already laying' is appealing to me, as this is the reason I...