Last thursday my son came into the house after walking the dogs and checking the chickens and was very excited to tell me that there were two eggs in the floor of the coop. Happily collected, I awaited more.It's been 5 days, no more eggs. Any thing to say on this subject? I am very new to...
When I took over the family farm a couple years ago my intent was, and is, to make it once again a productive enterprise, there's not too much of it left, a bit over 7 acres, maybe 2 1/2 are clear and the rest are woods. Everything needs some work and I keep at it in hopes that another...
Hello all,
I'm just getting started with chickens, I have decided on Barred Rocks as I am looking for both egg and meat production. I am wondering (among other things) about flock separation, my plan is to build a coop/run for the meat birds, remodel the chicken coop in the barn for the layers...