The coop was originally built for 30+ hens. There is plenty of ventilatio, it,s over 9’ high with an open overhang.
I don’t free range, lost a lot of chickens to predator.
Chickens stop laying -
So I introduced 18 young new laying hens to my older laying hens about three weeks ago. I also increased the nesting boxes in the coop in made a bigger dryer pen for all the hens to come in and out of. Since I have done that my older hens, about 18 of them,Have stopped...
Help, i am trying to get my cochan to hatch eggs. They sit on them for a little over two weeks then the eggs disappear. I welcome any thoughts. I dont see any signs of predators in the coop.
I have let my bantom sit on 3 eggs, i numbered them so i would know which eggs i would let her sit on. At some point my cochan decided that she would sit on the eggs. At about 2 weeks one egg disappeared then within the last week the remaining 2 eggs disappeared. I kept checking last night and...