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Maybe i explained it wrong. I know the decreasebin eggs is due to lack of daylight but was wondering if they need a different type of food for the cold months.

This will be my first winter raising chickens and ducks. They were hatched May 2015. I have had my girls on the layer food and scratch. I have also started giving them some crack corn. I think only 2 or 3 out of 7 is still giving me eggs because I will get maybe 2 or 3 eggs a day from my...

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So if I continue to see soft shells I should get some oyster shell and grit and should these 2 be mixed together seporately or with their food. Also is this ok for ducks becauSe my chicken and ducks livery and eat together.

Lindalouly. My 7 chickens and 4 ducks share the same coop and run. I made my run with 50 foot of wire. The stay penned up until about 3pm and then they are free roaming and have several acres of open yard and woods to roam. The private poultry farm I got some of my chickens from thought she may...

Thank you all for the advise. My chickens were hatched may 2nd. Do yes they are young. I have never done this before as I lost one of my beautiful Rocks Suddenly about a month ago. I was told it could have been drinking from the kiddie pool of water I had for the ducks. I got rid of that pool...

Every week day morning I go out to my chicken's coop between 5:45 and 6 am and cut on a light in their coop and put their food in their run and let them out of their coop to have access to the run. In their coop I have made a roost for them. About a foot under the roost I placed some plywood and...

The asparagus was given to me and I don't car for it. Where can I find or is there such a thing of a list of do's and dont's of people food that can or can't be given to poultry? As I am a 1st timer raising poultry for their eggs I don't want to give them something that would harm them. Thank...

I also have used pine needles for the flooring. Is there any thing else that anyone would recommend as a floor covering?

I just took some more pics and the plastic that I have up is usually open but I put it up because of the driving rain we are currently having in Richmond Va. I will take advise to cover the chicken wire with a different type of material. Do I hav enough ventilation? the light I have on does not...

Some more pics of my coop. Even a before pic[/IMG]

Yes I have an area on what I call the back side which is the left side looking at my pic. About a foot and a half tall and 8 1/2 feet in width. The side you see is plywood with a slide up door and the other side is partially covered with plywood and plastic due to rain and the way it blows and a...

This is my coop. My nest boxes havent been added when tis pic was taken and my door that i enter is on the other side.

I live just south of richmond va. I have 7 chickens and 4 ducks. Their coop is aproximately 8 & 1/2 × 6 & 1/2. I built 2 layers of nest boxes and added to the back side and a roost on the inside. It is not insalatted but 90% is covered by plywood. It has a wood floor and i cover the floor with...

Dose chicken eat raw or cooked asparagus? Is it good for them? Not sure if its good for them or not but they love tomatoes.

Thank you DanEP and CanadianBuckeye. I was searching images of the white rocks and yes they do look the same. I guess being a 1st timer and not knowing much about the different breads there are some I have no idea what is what. My 7 girls is giving Mr 4 to 5 eggs a day. Some are light and some...

I was told these are orpington.

Here is another one which has more white fethers. If these are not leghorns what type do you think they may be?