Hi everyone,
I have a flock of 7 bantam hens and some of them are approaching 4 years old. The old ones are laying less that 3 eggs a week. I want to replace them with full size hens. What should I do with the old ones?
I have regular pellet feed for mt chickens. I recently noticed that it smelled very sour, however my chickens are still eating it, and they seem to be laying less eggs but my bantams often take breaks from laying. What should I do?
Hi fellow Beekeepers or people who clicked on this thread by accident.
I've got a problem.
For the past couple years my bees have died off over the winter. I would get two colonies in the spring. As I check them over the spring, summer, and fall they would be super strong. Filling up A tall...
I have a flock of bantams 6 hens and 1 rooster. I live in southern CT and it has been warm for the past couple days and the days are getting much longer. Also, I give them layer feed. None of the hens have layed for 3.5 - 4.5 months. Why is this? How can I get the hens to lay?
For the past 4 years my Dad and I have tried to keep honey bees. Two of the years we got 5 gallons. Every year we get two packages of bees but in the winter they keep dying out. The queen stops laying or it dies or something. The population just goes down drastically in sept. oct. and nov. One...
I already have a flock of 5 bantam hens and one bantam rooster. I usually have to buy large eggs for cooking. I want to get 3 or 4 standard rode island reds or barred rocks. I built the coop I have now. Its big enough for +- 15 bantams.
Can I keep the bantams and standards in the same coop?
Hi fellow BYC members. I have an emergency.
My friend has a chicken who's leg has almost completely spun facing backwards. The hen is 5 months old and the leg just recently started to move back and spin. To my friends knowledge the chicken has ever been given any medications or steroids in its...
I have a flock of bantams 4 adult hens, 1 one month old chick and a rooster. Ever since the chick hatched and it was introduced into the flock, the entire flock has been on starter mash. The flocks egg production went down from 2 eggs a day to 1 egg a week. I dont know if this is because the...