We have found yolk in our laying boxes and thought a hen was eating them. Today we found an egg with such a fine shell you could see through it and another broken egg with just a limp cloth like shell. I have been adding Oyster shell to each feeding until recently when I switched to a crumble...
I'm having trouble finding crumble over 16% protein. Any suggestions on brands to look for that I could purchase at a local feed store or grange coop? Thank you
I just adopted some factory rescue chickens and in the first few days they laid 4 to 5 eggs daily (5 hens). The next week or so has been around 106 to 108 degrees and the eggs dropped to 2 and 3 a day. Now the weather has been in the 80's for two days and still 2 eggs. I feed them lots of...
Hi, I'm a new mother of 5 Leghorn hens that were rescued from a factory farm. I picked them up from Animal Place in Grass Valley and I've been a bit of a fussy, nervous hen myself but my girls seem very content and have taken to the coop and their yard just fine. One of them already follows me...