I started raising crickets for my girls. Started with 30 about 4 mounths ago. Probably have 200+ now not counting the ones I've fed them. Need a few 10 gallon fish tanks, old egg cartons, wood shavings for bedding, peat moss trays for laying and I make Knox plain jello for food. They ned...
Needing advice. I am a new chicken owner. I have a Rhode Island Red and a White Leghorn. They started laying the last week of August. White has been laying very consistently. It's Red (yes, Red and White are their names!) who I need advice for.
Here's what she's been laying:
09/06 - solid...
This is our first year raising chickens. My husband also said don't name the chickens. He grew up with chickens so he is the wise one! After we plucked our first meat chickens, we gave some to my mother in law. She said she didn't taste any difference between it and store bought. Guess who's...
My husbands grandfather feed his chickens bread everyday so we started that too. We soak it in water and sometimes add yogurt or applesauce to it. It seems to fill them up for a while. They also love dried meal worm which are a lot of protein. Are yours free range?
Thanks ya'll! She decided to lay her egg today while on the top perch outside.
I watched it fall to the ground and crack open. She immediately jumped down
and tried to eat it. I took it away before she could.
It was very soft (which I expected) but even if it was harder, I don't think it...
Good morning. Sitting outside waiting for my 5th egg to be laid. She just started over the weekend and doesn't seem to be on a schedule yet. Had the misfortune of finding her and her sister eating the first laid egg so I am egg sitting to remove it ASAP. Got ceramic eggs put in nesting box...