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...
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...