I have the same thing happening but my bully is a RR that has chased all my other girls out of the laying box during the day and won't let them in to roost at night unless the proper order is followed!! My other girls are finding alternative places to lay but my production is going down...
It's definitely quick! I don't know if you get Deer Mice where you are? We have them in Canada and they are that colour brown on back white bellies they are bigger then a field mouse but smaller than a rat (about 1/2 size of rat when full grown) it's hard to see how big it is, but it definitely...
I store them at room tempurature here and there, many third world countries do not put eggs in the fridge but they are also eaten within a few days because there is no abundance of food like we have. I think that when they are stored at RT they will only last a week...that is why the big...
I guess now we know why farmers hate rats, and vermin so much. They are a never ending battle, if you can't do the kill traps or poison then you will have to plug and block them whenever you can, board up all the holes when you find them, keep your feed in plastic bins off the floor and send...
Thank you for all the warm welcomes, I raise mostly rhode island reds, I have a few red sex and black sex link and I have around 8 barred rocks. My meat chickens are White rocks and I have some dual purpose birds that are a special slower growing bird from my local supplier that I a red/rock...
I am new to chickens, but not new to animal behaviour! It doesn't matter if it is dog, cat, horse or chicken...they are all unique , and have distinct personalities! I love my girls and see that by observation alone they are very individual and chickens have a lot of personality and give much...
They look like hens because they don't have the big warbles of a male....but who knows. Really when you are that many weeks into it and if you are not going to cull the males.....may as well Waite until they Lay an egg! That s the fun of raising chickens you never know what your gonna get!!!