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HI, I about 1/2 of our 16 Buff Oph's are laying now but of the 5-6 eggs we are getting each day, 2 are nicely left in the laying boxes and 1 is on the floor near teh coop door, another on the highest perch/poop board and the rest are found outside in the run. I have 5 boxes for 16 chickens so...

We are so proud, we have 16 buff oph's that are 20 weeks old and found our 1st egg today. Then I went to check on them again this evening 430-5pm and found another egg in the same spot the 1st was in the morning. They are a little small, but perfect shape and color and we are so proud. They...

HI, Sorry I am sure it has been covered and I can't find anything on it, might not be using the search function right but...... 1. How far off the floor should the nexting boxes be located? (it is a metal pre-assembled 5 nesting box-that mounts to interior wall) 2. Do I need to built little...

Wife and I are heart broken. It was our 1st attempt with eggs and had 16buff Orph eggs. Out of the 16 it looked like 12 were doing good when candled and up to lockdown. Hatch (day21) was on the 21st and to date nothing. We used a freinds still air bator and auto egg turner. Temp was stable...

HI, We are doing this for the 1st time and coming up on our lock down time. We are using an automatic egg turner and I need some help. I can't find it in the directions, do we take the eggs out of the automatic turner and place them on the screen floor in the "bator"? Or should I put some...

I found the coop I am going to model the one I build after in the members coop section and I was hoping to contact the builder but can't seem to find his contact info, I tried the User List and Searching the forums but no luck. If anyone knows FF-EMTs Coop please let me know. This is the...

HI, Just wanted to say Hi, and intro ourselves. My wife and I live in Capon Bridge, WV in Hampshire County on 21 acres and have decided to try our hand at some chickens when we get back from vacation around the end of June. I have been reading the fourm for about 3-4 weeks and stopped in...