I love this thread!
All of the points mostly mentioned are close to heart here.
Neighbors love the eggs! It is one thing friends and family say - Gotta get some more eggs, and they come to you.
Children love the chickens! Their friends love them too!! The first thing friends do when they...
Whoa * I hope you are all set for now. I can't afford to have a line put out to my coop but I am not running anything in the actual coop. I'm in southern NH and our town limits DIY solar to 50 watt panels max without a permit.
My coop is about 150 feet away as well. A partially roofed run (4x8)...
Hi, There - Chicks will be fine - I would house them inside with a brooder box and use a heated lamp of some type. If you feel they are comfortable right now, they should be fine, but if your hurt chickens do worsen, it might be a good time to think about taking them inside.
Chickens are...
I have a mint creme legbar as well who is rounding 5 months now and almost as big as our ISAs. She gets pecked at when around the food with the RIR and ISAs. One day, I think she is going to be as big or bigger than the ISAs and we will see who is on the top of the pecking order. 😉
I was...
My two RIRs are very sweet to humans. They rank first or second some days to the isa browns we have. They will not roost by anyone but the ISAs. They tend to peck anyone smaller off the roost if they are close unless its the ISAs.
However, they lay the biggest eggs and their eggs are not just...
I invested in a 25$ wyze camera that I hooked up to an extension cord and put in the general vicinity of where my hens were laying to figure it out.
Worked for me and might work for you!
Try emailing them. They shipped a silkie and mclb. . from Illinois to NH
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Mine go through spurts of sneezing and not. Unfortunately, a pair of chicks we bought were not confined we'll enough (my error) and one passed. All of the chicken including my home stock the sneezed.
I used an apple cider vinegar from the mother with a bunch of cut up garlic in their water for...
Excellent. So, mine prefer shavings than straw or hay. You could put the box in the area she was laying and maybe see if she gets the picture. Add an egg in there as well, maybe the one she laid the other day.
I have one ameracauna who will walk around until she finds her favorite spot to lay...
I had this issue as well. My nest box was a 3 slot one with no cover on the back and front or top. Very open but portable.
I made a plywood 12x14x12 and boxed it in besides the front. I have garden fence laying over the front for privacy. 4 will day if the fence is over the opening..they just...