Ok so coops been treating me well but now I'm looking at growing so I'm thinking of tearing down what I've got and building a new coop with a good size run on it as well here's a picture I found online
This would have an extra run attached id say 100x100x50 fenced in area was wanting to see...
So I have two game hens and two ameraucanas and my rooster is shamo red hatch mix and was looking to mix breed my two ameraucanas with him and was wondering if anybody had any hens that were close to that mix
Ultimately I would like to do a straight blood line shamo with my ameraucana for the...
Yea that picture is of a fresh egg I don't think it had enough time because everyone that I've cooked so far has the fertile bullseye look to them
As for them going broody I'm just talking about leaving the eggs in the nest and seeing if it motivates one Of my hens to sit
Ok so while I was cooking up a few of my eggs that were a little older I did notice the bullseye in the three I cooked up maybe the other egg wasn't old enough?
I couldn't find a bullseye or anything in it anywhere I'll try to get a better picture of another one some time this week I'm still in the process of getting my hen to go broody for me trying to keep as many eggs I can in her nest that one fell out and hit the floor so I used it
I haven't had any problems yet I hunk mainly because the dog is almost always watching and I plan to bury the bottom portion some and Line exterior with hardware cloth but those are some good ideas ill keep those in mind
Here's my coop/run its a 10x5x4 setup got me some game chickens for starters half shamo and red they loooovvveee the coop this coop turned out exactly how I wanted it the way it looks is the way I wanted it to look so all the trim and metal is purposely like the way it is
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Ok so looking at an ad on craigslist for game chickens 4hens and 1 rooster for $75 and was wondering when the hens should start laying ad if this bird is a good one for my area gilmer tx and also if this is a good deal or not
Right now just looking to get some eggs and possible meat till middle of the new year then ill be looking for longevity of life and eggs right now it's just me and my lady with a newborn and me and her go through about a dozen eggs in no time so would like to get a stock age of eggs then try and...
Hey guys and gals from gilmer tx looking to purchase some start off layers and was wondering what a good breed for my area would be looking for possibly threes hens and a roost all the help would be great thanks