I just bought my first bag of scratch & was wondering how you give it to the chickens. They are 8 months old, free ranging & are feed pellet food & oyster shells as they wish. I also feed them left over off our table. I'm really not even sure if I needed to buy scratch but seemed like the thing...
I have had such an issue with mine since I started letting them out to roam. NONE of them would come back to the coop to lay!!! I was finding eggs ALL over the place even the neighbors were coming over to let me know they were laying in their yard also. I started keeping them cooped up for 2-3...
My niece decided she didn't want her 4 chickens anymore so we took them in. One just started laying about a week ago but here's the problem...All 4 sleep & poop in their nesting boxes. The one that is laying does lay them in the nesting box but it's got poop all over the egg every time from them...
Thats exactly what I am going to do starting tomorrow because I found 13 eggs in a different spot this morning. Thank you so much for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, so my chickens stopped laying, so we thought!!!! I came on here to find out why I wasn't getting any eggs. I read so many helpful stories but found I was doing everything right but still no eggs. My husband went out this morning to let our chickens out to roam like we do everyday. He noticed...
I am so confused as to what feed is the best for my layers. They just started laying 3 days ago & the brand I am using I see people on here saying its not the best. I started giving them crushed oyster shells today. What is the best laying feed???
I keep coming across people mentioning oyster shells. Am I suppose to feed me chickens oyster shells? I have 4 20wk old chickens that just started laying eggs 3 days ago. Thank you to anyone that can help me : ))
Thank you for answering me : ))
Still no more eggs but waiting patiently! These girls are so much fun...I was out giving them some watermelon when one of them went wondering.
When I called for her she came running. My neighbor was out & said, do you have names for them? Do they always come when...
Hello...I am new to this site & I am soooooo excited!!!!! We became Grandparents yesterday as one of our chickens laid their first egg : )) Nothing today though : / Been going out all day checking but nothing! We have 4 chickens. We are new to this & have found out so much info on this site...