I Just use old milk crates and cut half of one side out.
I have four but my 8 hens use only one.
Mum kept complaining about the noise from them when they layed.As they line up waiting for the same box.
So i put a golf ball in each one of them now they use all of them and now theres not much...
I am going to order some chicks and they have isabrowns,black sex links or australorp x leghorns.
my question is would they be just as good layers as isabrowns??
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I raised some black sex links and they have been laying for a good 2 months now. When should i order some baby chicks? i want the order chicks to be laying when the black sex links go into molt.
So when is a good time??
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I am going to order some day old leghorn chicks from a hatchery, and was thinking of getting acouple of meat chicks. As i would only have to pay for the chicks and not postage.
I am only wanting acouple at butcher time,just to see how they go then i might get some more. Just wondering...
My White Rock hen has been walking around the yard picking up bits of grass and laying them on her back. Is this a sign that she may be going broody,she is around 15 months old.??
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I got these eggs of a friend which has a bantam rooster but i dont know what breed of hens. Most of the eggs were large brown eggs so i guess isabrowns? But i also got acouple white bantam eggs. I was wondering if anyone could guess what thse chicks parents were??
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Hi I am thinking of hatching out some chicks but when I go to get some eggs there either too much $$ or I can only get so many. I am allowed to have a rooster were i live but once i get a complaint I have to get rid of him. So I can't have one full time but its not illegal to own one. I Have a...
I have 6 black stars that are around 6 months old. i walked into the coop today and found two little pullet eggs. I have been waiting for these pullets to start laying so I can replace my old leghorns. I am going to hatch out some isabrown eggs soon. So I will have replacement pullets on time...
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Just testing out my new bator. Got 12 bantam x isabrown eggs in it. Due the 1st, I can see 9 are alive and doing well. I want to find out what the hatch rate is then i will put in about 40ish isabrown eggs for next cycle layers.
Hi I got some bantam x isabrown eggs of a friend and put them in my incubator thursday morning so they have been in their just over 3 days. I just candled them and all i can see are the yolks move when i tilt the eggs. Should I be able to see the yolks move or should i see some vains.????? The...
I got some eggs of a friend and they are bantam rooster crossed with isabrown hens as well as acouple bantam hens. I was just wondering if the bantam X isabrowns would be good layers and how would they look??
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I have 7 hens,1 leghorn,1 white rock and 5 isabrown and most mornings there pretty noisy with there egg laying song.
We are allowed to keep roosters but if we get complaint we will have to get rid of him.
The rule is that you have to have concrete under the roosts and there are no limits to...