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Is anyone planning on going to the Schagticoke swap? I am looking for wheaten ameracauna and polish chicks or started pullets. Perhaps some guinea fowl too. Just wondering what else might be there.

Is anyone planning on going to the Canaan NY swap in a few weeks? I am looking for wheaten ameracauna and polish chicks or started pullets. Perhaps some guinea fowl too. Just wondering what else might be there.

We bought fertilized eggs to go under our broody hen (no rooster). How long do we wait for them to incubate before giving up? It's now 22 days since we set them under her.

We have a wyandotte hen that has gone broody but no rooster. Every afternoon when we gather eggs, she's sitting on 6 or so of assorted colors. We remove them and she spends the remainder of the day pouting in the nest box. She must leave at some point because the next day she'll be in the same...

We have an existing flock of hens in a large yard, practically free range, behind our house. They've been great for bug control out there. We have ordered additional pullet chicks for spring. I would love to have them in a separate location to do bug control near our front deck. They would...

I was on the Meyer Hatchery site this morning and read through their policies. It says they may add up to 4% additional chicks in an order. Has anyone had this in their orders? If only pullets were ordered, were the spare chicks pullets? It would be great to have a few spare girls tossed in...

We have lost 4 hens in the past 6 weeks. Not a huge number in our large yard ranging flock that used to be 25, but since they're pets as well as layers, each loss has been tough to accept. At first we thought it was our cat taking the hens down since minimal meat was harvested each time (always...

Our girls are outside during daylight hours. Once they started their turnout regimin I haven't given a thought to grit ... they have full access to gravel/sand outside. However, now the ground is frozen and there's a thin layer of snow. Do I need to start giving them access to grit? If so, what...

I fully understand that a coop should be well ventilated, even in the winter months. I also understand that it shouldn't be drafty. But at what point does well ventilated become drafty? Last week I found a roll of 1x2 welded wire that had a mouse nest in it. My first thought ... "now, that's...

We have an indoor/outdoor cat and a flock of full grown hens. A couple of weeks ago one of our hens was killed in the late morning. the kill site (where it looked like the Australorp exploded) was about 25 feet from the place the body was left. The body was found at the edge of the fenceline...

We have been feeding Blue Seal layer pellets but yesterday I discovered Poulin Feeds Egglayer Crumblettes. These are higher protein (18%) than the Blue Seal (15%) and are mini-pellets. I have two questions for anyone who uses this feed: 1. Will there be more waste when using the mini-pellets...

We live in the northeast where days are getting shorter and the temps are getting colder. After reading posts on the effect of light on egg production we decided to add a light to our coop. The light is a grow light (natural spectrum) and covers the interior of the coop well. Our 3 hens had...

Our April 24th hatched pullets are driving me batty. A few weeks ago 3 of the 8 started leaving their large fenced (5') yard. Every day I would find them outside the fence and would open the gate and chase them back in. They weren't getting UNDER so they must be going over. I looked everywhere...

We have 3 Wyandotte ladies and the first laid her first egg on Sunday. We know which hen it was since she delivered it nearly on top of my spouse's foot! Our nest boxes have been set up since the birds arrived about 3 months ago. In the first couple of weeks with us (when they were still on...

We have 3 BLRW hens/pullets. Two are 6 months old and one is 7 months. We have had them 2 months and the breeder said that they were "ready to lay". What is a normal age for this breed to begin? I have golf balls in the next boxes to encourage them. Any input will be greatly appreciated!

We have 3 "ready to lay" Wyandotte pullets, 2 are 7 months and one is 9 months. We have yet to see an egg from any of them. They are usually in their coop until about 10am and then go out to their yard for the day. Last week I noticed the hens weren't sunning like they usually do ... they were...