Hi all... I have 6 hens (I think one might be a rooster) that i got last April so they're a year old now, we got eggs last summer and fall then they stopped laying over the winter. Now I'm wondering when they'll start laying again. it's warm here, days 70 fareinghieght, nights 40F.
When will my...
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Yet another question about winter. I read a lot of the past posts regarding winter preparations and a few mentioned proper ventilation but didn't really define 'proper ventilation'.
My coop is 4x8 and aside from the windows on each end there is a gap under the eave where the roof meets the...
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I had three eggs for breakfast this morning and one of them tasted really bad, it tasted like the chicken coop smells... like poop! Is this a sign that it's time to clean the coop?
Also, my chickens must be democrats, they keep saying the same thing over and over again... BARAAAAACK!! LOL
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Recently our girls starting laying YAY! (they turned 20 weeks 8/19) we have 6- 2 dominiques, 3 Americaunas, 1- black Australop.
Anyway, I don't think all of them are laying yet we're getting about 2-3 eggs a day. Today there were two eggs, one in two different nesting boxes and there...
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I have been lurking around the forum for months now learning valuable stuff on raising chickens. We got 6 chicks back in March and they are now 20 weeks old (today exactly) and we got our first egg today, pretty exciting!! My question is... can we eat the first eggs? It is fairly small...