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  1. AngelRed

    Supplemental light for winter laying

    We are working on adding supplemental light to our coop, but I have a question about the coop door. We currently open it manually as close to sunrise as possible, but if we add the early light, should we be opening the coop door early, as well? I've read that chickens should have access to...
  2. AngelRed

    Hello!

    My husband found another similar egg this morning, but thanks to the answers on here, I'm not too worried. So far we've gotten 15 good eggs in 2 weeks, so I think the girls are still settling in and learning the finer points of egg laying.
  3. AngelRed

    Hello!

    Thanks! So far they are getting only the Dumor poultry layer crumbles, and a tomato wedge as treat and to see if any of them would like it. The girls are about 26 weeks old, so they are fairly new to egg laying. Should we pitch the egg, or are oddballs OK to eat? We can certainly live without...
  4. AngelRed

    Hello!

    Hi, everyone! I'm new to chickens but not BYC. I've been lurking for a year and reading up on raising chickens so I would feel better prepared for when I get my girls, which finally happened last week! My husband and I are excited to have our 5 Backyard Browns. He spent almost a year, with...
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