I didn't think about her getting bullied. hmmm. i'm having so much fun with these chickens, that i'm hoping she's just afraid of heights and all my chickens are oh so nice thanks!!
Hey! I have 6 laying hens, 6 nesting boxes, 6 eggs a day, woohoo! Except one egg everyday is layed in the back corner of the coop on the floor. 2 or 3 nesting boxes are used daily for the other eggs, why is this hen laying in the bedding? can i deter her somehow (don't know which one). i got...
Any thoughts on skipping grower feed? i have big bag of starter crumbles that will probably last until the ladies are laying and wondered if i could just go right to layer feed when the time comes. chicks are now 8 weeks old.
We named our chickens, mostly on the descriptive style. With small kids it's been fun. We have a speedy, chippy-skunk, purple peeper, black back, henny, sooky.... anyway, i love to give them identities, however i also name my cars...
I've had two ladies (20 weeks old) sleeping on top of the nesting boxes, even though it's a sloped roof, no poop getting into boxes but i still want them to use those roosting bars, sounds like maybe we should raise them up, how much head space do they need (coop is about 4 feet high) and maybe...
Hello all, so I'm joining the world of chickens! My happy little family, 3 kids, 5, 3, & 3 mo. & hubby thought chickens seemed like a fun thing to do and after checking out this site for lots of research i see that i'm right! We're getting a mix of chicks and pullets for a variety of breeds, and...