I Live in philomath Oregon and have a flock of 35 chickens now. Ages running from 8 weeks to 1.5 years old. Fairly big coop and run with sand and rock with hay and shavings in the deep litter areas. The 1 year old novagen wouldn't come down to eat or want to be touched during feeding time. Then...
Been a newbie for a while now. have definitely learned alot by trial and error. Have a 2 yr old border collie who likes to try and get in the coop. So reinforcements are a must. If she cant get in then I know I've done good enough to keep out the 2 raccoons I have lurking 50 yards away from...
I feed my flock of 30 3 times a day. All organic food scraps of lettuce strawberries, asparagus and various greens. Along with a small bucket of worms. It's so fun watching them chase each other like football players when one gets a big worm :)
Will do. I put them in the fridge yesterday lol. But if I get more today will definitely get a incubator. And start my new adventure as a chicken farmer :)
This is my second day with them and 2 days prior or so they just stopped laying for the season. But I'm getting eggs from them now. I sell most of my eggs from my original flock and currently dont have a incubator or how to tell if the new eggs are positive
Just got 4 beauty's that came from a home with 4 roosters and got the pin down from them. So I like to believe. But my flock doesn't have a rooster and are on a light all the time. the new ones were not on a light and just went dormant for the season. When I let the new ones out a few went to...