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Our chickens are being kept for eggs.I only add a minimum amount of light when the natural light decreases below 14 hours.Right now they would have a light on for about a hour in the evening.We have 1 R,I,R 10 Buffs and 1 Ameracauna.They all layed quite well last winter untill march...now I am...

Oh,I dont believe it does. I have just been told to ensure 14hrs of light for maximum egg production.

Last night I checked each on eof our hen's.No signs of mites.I suppose we are just dealing with another untimely moult.I will be uping their protein and providing them with some light at night to bring their total light hours to 14. Thanks for your input. Brothers

Thanks for the reply's!, I have looked and looked,I cant find any signs of mites on the ladies.I am going to up their protein intake and hope for the best. Thanks again everyone.

Ok,thanks for the reply. We feed them "Lay Pellets" from out local Farm Supply store.They are penned.Although we are constantly adding sticks,leaves and lawn clippings for them to rummage through.Some of the Hens have bare skin backs.We used to keep 2 roosters with them but we kicked one...

Hello folks, As per normal my Buffs egg production slowed down in the winter.As spring approached they moulted and we were down to about 4 eggs a week from 12 layers,They seemed to get through the moult OK and by mid june we were back up to 4-7 eggs a day.But since mid July they all started...

Guysborough County Nova Scotia here. Any fine Canadians here have a used incubator for sale? Brothers

I called a few other folks I know with barns and one of them gave me 2 bails of dry hay and bags of wood shavings! So I shoveled out about 3/4 of the stinky damp litter and added a bail of hay and 1/2 a bail of pine shavings.The smell instantly vanished! Thanks for all the...

Thanks for your reply! Anyone else care to chime in? Should I be worried about mold or any other issues from useing 20 y/o hay in the coop. Thanks again

I have a quick question for ya's.We are doing a deep litter system in our coop.Pine shavings and leaves.Was working great for months.Then it got cold and snow covered all of the leaves outside so we have only been adding pine shavings.I turn the compacted litter quite often.The last 5 days or so...

Here he is...I just put some Vaseline on him.We look at our chickens as livestock and we understand that things happen on farms...Earl is the exception to this for us..We are quite upset and will do anything to lesson the damage.I will he handing a small heater in the coop tonight.

Thanks so much for this info...What are "cup waterers"?

I need some quick help here. We have a 20 week old Buff Orpington Rooster.He is very dear to us.The last few nights have been getting a little below freezing.We keep a heat lamp and a 40watt bulb going untill about 9:30 each night..I just went out to check for eggs and our poor rooster (earl)...

I wanted to start a thread to answer inexperienced chicken breeding questions.I have been searching all of the forums and not having too much luck. First off I must state that I am fairly new to chicken keeping,although I am a avid reader/researcher....read OCD (ish)! So,we are going to try to...

Good day folks.I hail from Nova scotia Canada and am fairly new to the chicken game.I have had alot of help from some good folks over at the "other" chicken site. I have a flock of 16 chickens and 4 turkeys...We plan on breeding soon and have alot of questions. Thanks for having me and see you...