I am feeding them layer pellets, they enjoy it, I also throw scratch out for them and pull some grads everyday and put in the run due to them not being free range, I have 3 red sex links 2 barnevelders and 1 Silver laced wyandotte, the sex links are about 5 weeks younger than the others and so...
I have 3 new girls that are obsessed with eating hay out the nesting boxes, they are not laying yet, not sure what to do, I just don't want them stopped up or to die, the hay is from home depot.
Thank you for the response, I only had them beside the other girls for a few days (obviously not long enough), they are not free range but have a large coop and the run spans the length of the coop underneath, yes I have nest boxes inside the coop, the girl that was laying seems to not be afraid...
We added 3 new girls to our to our flock of just over a week ago and our other 3 girls have not been happy since, I understand the pecking order thing but my new girls stay in the coop the whole day while my older girls stay in the run all day, they do roost all together but don't get along at...
We purchased 3 girls about 4 weeks ago from a breeder well the bug hit us so we purchased 3 more from the same breeder, the older birds are 2 barnvelders and 1 Silver laced wyandotte, the 3 new 1's are red/gold sex links, we put a cage up next to the main coop yesterday to get the girls used to...
We currently have 2 barnevelders and 1 Silver laced wyandotte, I'm interested in getting 3 more birds, the person I get my birds from has different types, she has buffs,red rangers, red sex links, these are the birds I'm interested in can anyone recommend which of these would work well with my...
I have had 3 girls for about a week and as they explore the coop I haven't seen any of them getting remotely close to the nesting box, I understand they are not laying yet but I am worried they will lay in the yard instead of the boxes
Hello everyone I'm new here and new to the chicken game, have been wanting them for sometime and after a month of building a coop my wife and I purchased 3 girls yesterday.