I have been giving my chickens' eggs to friends since they started laying in October. I asked a friend the other day if he needed more eggs and he replied, "My wife doesn't like the taste." Now the main reason I went to all the trouble of raising day olds to hens was the taste. Store eggs taste...
I totally cleaned the poo shelf yesterday for my 5, 23 week pullets. This morning when I went out, there must have been 60 new droppings for the 5 birds. That's 12 per bird per night! Is this excessive? Are they getting too much scratch? They have access to layer mash, oyster shells and water at...