Thanks for the replies and helpful information! Sorry for the late response back. We've just added a little (human) girl to our family yesterday!
The winterizing information is great to know and sounds like an easy one to make a mistake on.
We started with:
- Two Barred Rocks
- Two White...
New here and just started with 8 chickens and 3 ducks. Everything is going well but a little worried about winter preparations. Also have not let them free range yet but love that they don't let our leftovers go to waste! We've collected about 8 eggs so far.
Thanks for looking, I'll post a...
I'm hopeful this works! I put golf balls in earlier today (seemed like a good idea for pecking and laying). Had number 8 out of our first eggs cannibalized after putting it in the nest. The first seven were all laid in the proper place and untouched. Glad to hear I'm hopefully on the right track.