Though I am a relative newbie at chicken-raising... we got our first egg last week. The initial egg was in the run. After some researching, I kept the girls "locked" up in the run/coop until 1-3pm for the next few days, while also placing some golf balls inside the nesting boxes. By the 2nd day...
Just wanted to share in our excitement and post some pics. Our girls (at least 2 of them) have started laying eggs this week at around 20+wks of age. They have been squatting and quite noisy for about 2-3 weeks now.
2 days ago, I found this egg on the floor of our run, slightly cracked...
Thanks, Stiggy... I will be putting out some additional waterers today. I guess part of it must be the summer heat.
Donrae... thanks for the welcome! For clarity, my birds have had access to the run ever since we moved them into the coop since we haven't not installed the pop door yet. So...
I was ready to buy the trigger from the UK, until I saw a suggestion at the end of this older thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/533758/automatic-feeder/60
It uses the same concept at the UK-made triggers, but uses an eye-bolt w red wire nut screwed to the end. Since we had all the...
Hi all! I'm a BYC newbie and also a newbie to raising chickens. This site has helped us tremendously before we took the chicken plunge and in those initial few weeks, not to mention helping us build a coop, etc.
We have 6 pullets of various breeds that free-range during the day. We let them out...