Our staffie is such a good boy. He loves herding the chickens into the pen. He is very good at it as the video shows. My only hope is that we can teach Maggie.
So I have recently gotten a pup who is a lab/border collie mix, in hopes that she will eventually be able to herd the chickens back into their pen from the yard. Come to find out my 5 year old American Staffordshire is an excellent herder, and took right to it. Does anyone else use herding dogs...
So I got 3 eggs today, all in the same nest. But now I have another concern. The one that laid in the yard yesterday laid in the nest where she was supposed to. The issue is her eggs are normally a light brown. Today it was white, it seemed a little oblong, and it has a blemish/weak spot on the...
I have four hens I have only had them for about a week now. We used porcelain eggs and they all four have laid in the nesting boxes. 3 of them lay pretty regularly. The fourth one(donut) had laid once in the nest about 4 days ago and then I found one of her eggs in the yard today. Should I be...
So I am pretty new to having chickens. I built my little chicken house and now I have four ladies who lay regularly. My question is, how do I properly care for the eggs before I eat them. I have been taking them straight from the nest and putting them into an egg carton in the fridge, and then...
So there are 4 of these vents in the coop and I have been considering adding an exhaust fan. Also, there is about 1-2 inches of overhang on the front. Not to mention there's enough silicone caulk up there to stop a monsoon. It has rained a few times, and I have checked it. It's been dry as a...
Believe it or not for being a smaller hen, Sunny here is the queen of the coop. She is also my Easter egger. Love me some green eggs and ham. (My 3 year old daughter named her.)
Here are 3 of the four vents. I am planning on adding a small slider window with a screen above the nest box to the right of the vent. If one would ever show up on Craigslist...uggh. I priced them at Lowe's...way outta my budget, lol.