I have 5 barred rocks 5 R.I.Rs and on SS she has been laying for maybe2 or 3 months now and she definitely lays a smaller egg than the rest. Pretty easy to spot the SS egg. She is also makes way more noise than the others
Welcome to BYC. Great info here. Just be ready for a fine coating of dust on everything. I also raised thee feeder and waterer up on a brick so they wouldn't poop in it. Good luck
I have 2 hard boiled eggs every day during the week. I started to save the shells my question is can I feed them back as is? I already crushed them by hand so the size is pretty small. Any reason they would need to be cooked?
Little free range time but do have a covered run that is 25 by 35ft that they always have access to since I leave the pop door open all the time. Unless it's really cold really cold being below -10 so they are out of the coop for most of daylight hours
The butt feathers are missing on the barred rock but not the rir. They are 9 months old. Do not heat the coop and is well vented. 11 birds in a 10ft by 8ft coop. I built a dust bath for them in the coop filled with wood ash and d.e. they also have oyster shells on the side. Their bottoms are...
So 3 weeks ago I noticed feather eating so I cut out the treats and went from 16% layer feed to 18% feather fixer both by nutrena. Yesterday I noticed a chicken eating a feather off the coop floor. I see the feed store has a feed that's 20 or 22% protein and I forget the brand but it says it's...
Just noticed this morning. I have 11 birds about 10 months old. No roos. She is the only one to be missing these feathers. I've been watching her and she is eating drinking and pooping fine. The other ladies do not seem to peck at her. Possibly molting? But think she may be to young for that...