I have had a terrible hatch ratio! Seven eggs out of seven to hatch, the only problem is five were roos! Oh, guess i'll give it another try first of March.
Just got a thrill and almost disaster! I had the chickens locked in the coop because of all the ice and snow. I decided to open their coop door to let them out for a little while. Ten minutes later I hear Louie crowing and the girls squawking to the high heavens, I looked out the window to see...
My marans hatched March 17 and two of the three started laying Aug 31. They stopped laying for after a couple months. One started laying two weeks ago and on Nov. 19 I had three eggs in the boxes. Each one lays a distinctive egg, kind of like her signature .
I have been using the off the shelf Heinz ACV. It seems like it works fine. My chickens drink it up and drink it over plain water. Does this harm my peeps?
Thanks Wynette,
If this is a repeat, i seemed to have lost my post. I have two laying now and was worried when the suddenly stopped. My girls have laid 59 beautiful eggs in just over a month. I think thats pretty good. I am with you on adding extra light. I'm going to let nature take care of...
Hi ,y'all,
My BCM's stopped laying in the egg boxes. The temp has started to drop. I have two that were laying and blam, nothing for a week. I do let them range during the afternoon hours . I guess i will have to stalk them to be sure they are not hiding the eggs. It sure was a sudden stop and...