Do any of your chickens walk in the snow? Mine will run out of the coop (the first part of the chicken run is covered by tin for shade and weather protection, the rest is welded wire) and as soon as they get to the line of snow the brakes come on. None of my chickens are old enough to have been...
My Black Giant went broody a few days ago and I did'nt know what I should do so I left her there. Today I got her out and collected the eight eggs that were under her. She had been laying on them three of four days. Are they still okay to eat? I also don't have a rooster so she could have laid...
Hello all, I just (three weeks ago) got four one month olds then one of my co-workers gave me three one year olds two weeks ago. Two RIR's and an Americana. the Americana has laid two eggs so far and nothing from the RIR's. Do you think they are stressed out from the move, maybe stressed...
Hello all. I am new to this and have some questions that may be basic but haven't found the answers.
Do you close a/the door to the coop at night so they stay in and keep everything else out?
Have any of you used wood pellets (like for pellet stoves) on the floor of your coop?
I see many of you...