I've got six chickens that are about 18 months old. Had them since chicks. This spring, we bought six more chicks and combined them when the the chicks were about three quarter sized adults.
After three months, they still run around together in two separate flocks and the older chickens, one...
We've been letting out chickens out to run and scratch in the Spring air. Didn't think they were getting in the neighbors yard, but my neighbor found that my hens have been laying eggs in the bushes at her house! She thought it was funny and we gave her some of the eggs, but I was surprised that...
I'm thinking of modifying my nesting boxes to make them so the egg rolls away. My thought is that if I have straw or other material for the chickens to nest in, then that material will slide down to where the eggs will drop and eventually clog it. Obviously if it's just a hard surface then the...