Reading through some of the posts on lower egg production, I noticed stress was a major factor. We have 10 mixed breed chickens, all see very healthy. We had been getting 6-8 eggs a day. About 6 weeks ago we introduced 3 duck hens to the backyard. They seem to get along fairly well. Fairly well...
My searching skills maybe lacking so if this question has been answered sorry for the repeat. I have 10 hens, and yesterday 2 of them started to brooding literally at the same time. My question is how does one cure them of this behavior? There’s no rooster, and wasn’t planning on having anymore...
Hi all, I have an interesting situation. I have 11 hens 5 Polish, 2 Wyandotte’s, 1 Rhode Island Red, and 3 others I can’t remember their breeds. Ranging in age from 9 months oldest, 5 months are the youngest. I have one silver hair polish that refuses to start her night roosting with the others...
Currently have 11 hens and 5 of them are Polish. The 4 oldest hens, they are not Polish but a mix of other breeds, are laying every day to every other day. The next 2 are my Polish sliver laced. They are definitely of egg laying age, in fact I stumbled across one egg while watering down the...