My flock is not really using the hanging nipple waterer that I recently integrated into the run. They know how to use as I’ve watched them many times, but the prefer to use the plastic common poultry drinker.
I really wanted to use the hanging nipple system as it is much larger (4 gallon) and...
My 18 week old RIR & SLW pullets have all had significant growth in both their comb & waddles over
the last week with some more than doubling in size.
I assume I should find my first egg very soon?
Starting on layer feed today and putting the fake egg in the nest boxes.
Anything else to...
My three week old Cream Legbar chicks are so flighty. They freak out anytime the coop door is opened and when we pick them up to handle them they loose their minds.
I’m afraid it is stressing them out too much, but on the other hand I want them to be handleable like my RIRs or Wyandottes...
Hi all! New to raising chickens and to this forum. Hopefully it’s just my inexperience but, reading all the Pullet or Cockerel threads has me scared that I have a flock of Roo’s. My ‘Ladies’ (hopefully) are 6+ weeks old. I have four RIR’s, three SLW’s, and one GLW. Please let me know what ya think!