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Title pretty much says it all. Barred rock pulleys hatched on February 9 so 18 weeks. One started squatting a couple weeks ago so I offered some free choice oyster shell, and I’ll switch to layer feed now. I’m trying not to think too much about the dollar per egg ratio.... it will be a long...

Title pretty much says it all. Barred rock pullets hatched on February 9 so 18 weeks. One started squatting a couple weeks ago so I offered some free choice oyster shell, and I’ll switch to layer feed now. I’m trying not to think too much about the dollar per egg ratio.... it will be a long...

Pretty sure I know the answer already:(. That would make two of our three EE “pullets” being, well, not pullets. But hoping I’m wrong. Meet Laverne. Possibly Larry.

What do you think of the idea? I’ve a quart of the thick, brush-on bed liner paint that I was planning to use for the floor of the coop to ease cleaning. Any downsides you can think of? I could buy deck paint or something if there was a good reason but I have the other on hand.

We picked up six chicks a week or so ago, three each barred rocks and “ameraucana” (likely regular Easter eggers since they were like four bucks each from a local feed store). Apart from a couple pasty butts early on they are doing very well. We handle each bird a couple times a day for short...

Started trying to figure this out a couple years ago.

From what we hear, this is the place to be! We both had chickens as youngsters but none for decades until last week. We just added six chicks (3 each barred rocks and Easter eggers) who are happy in a large cardboard box in a bathtub at the moment. I’ve been building a coop in our garage (just...