I'm in Omaha with 4 Rhode Island Reds in a backyard coop. My sweet girls are a little over a year old and produce almost daily. I've been very fortunate to have wonderful neighbors who are as entertained by the girls as I am.
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I live in the middle of the city and have 4 RIR girls. They are pets and they gift us with eggs. They are mostly organic - every now and then they get a treat, like a peanut butter cookie, that's not organic...
Congratulations! Isn't it exciting?!
I didn't give my girls nesting boxes until about 4 months old. They started laying at about 5 months. Full grown chickens can produce some serious poop. I use plastic storage containers filled with wood shavings. The coop essentially has a shelf with a...
My girls are a year old now and they still wipe their beaks on the ground (or on my shoe, or each other). It seems to just be to clean off their beak.
I purchased my girls from TSC when they were a week old, so I didn't have shipping issues - but, I was just as panicked as you are. I kept my...