Since I have had chickens I am always on the look out for things to use for my next coop. I used old 6' redwood fencing for my first coop. My neighbor was tearing it down so he was happy to get rid of it. Everyone is giving me great ideas where to look. Thanks for sharing
I use pine shavings as well. It's on the coop floor, nesting boxes and on their poop boards. Works great and smells great. However they do like timohty hay and alfalfa to scratch around in.
Are you sure she isn't egg bound? Gently feel hens abdomen for an egg. Handle her craefully to do this. You don't want the egg to break inside of her. Next, check the hen's vent to see if the egg is lodged within reach. If you feel an egg, submerge her bottom in a warm (not hot) bath for at...
I have read somewhere on here that you can give them all flock raiser. Hopefully someone with more experience will chime in with a more confident answer.
I have food and water outside as well. I do however put in a feeder in the coop at night in case I miss getting out early (which I havent yet) and I put the other feeder in the storage container with the feed bag at night (to keep critters out) and put them both back out in the morning. The...
I was using a baby pig feeder till they figured they could scoop it out with their beaks. I purchased a plastic chicken feeder with what looks like a wagon wheel on the bottom tray and hung it about 8-9in up. Works great. No more waste and my food bill has dropped considerably.
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If you ever had any roosters laying, you could make a fortune. Wouldn't eat any rooster who ever laid an egg.
My main laying flock of 19 hens are up to 7 laying now. For ages, only 2-3 were laying, so slowly, they're coming back into production.