just looked out side and noticed that the pullets are starting to get pinkish red faces woohoo I have it on the calender they will be 16 week next month around July 3rd so they are right on track
Update on Broody hen!!! The time out pen worked!!! She was in there for 4 days let her out and she is back to normal. Thanks Everyone for all the advice.
Can I set the cage up on top of my water station? or should it be ground level ?? had to move the water so that it was not in the sun but the 1st photo shows the water station
Any tips on how to break a broody Hen?? I do not have a roaster but one of my girls has just started acting broody. Yesterday she would not leave the coop. I had to make her leave just to eat and drink and as soon as she was done she ran right back to the coop sitting on an empty nest. I had...
question the flock blocks are so BIG do you just leave them out there or do put them out and take them away? I can't leave even the suet cakes out or they wont eat their feed just the cakes the girls love them some cakes :celebrate
thanks and I do agree... she was acting and eating and drinking fine the day of and night when I put them all to bed (lol shut the coops up etc ) but in the morning she was gone. Looked her over but didn't have the heart to explore her insides. she looked so peaceful rather remember her that...
Raining good right now here looks like its gonna rain all day
Lost one of our girls this weekend Clair (brown leghorn) she was just 2 years old . Not sure what happened to her but she stopped laying eggs back in March. I walked out to the Coop yesterday morning to let them all out of the coops...
what did you all do for mothers day?? I went to my mom's house and cooked her dinner!! Beef pot roast and mixed veggies, not canned but fresh mixed veggies, carrots, brocoli, squash, boch choi, celerly, onions, bell pepper, flat peas mushrooms.... and mash potatoes and gravy
My pullets are now about 2 months old. Their coop is in the same run but they are separated from the the rest of the girls. I usually let them out to explore the run after I let the girls out to free range don't want them getting picked on yet.... Yesterday when I let the big girls out to free...
I'll try again this year but i think my chickens have eaten all the sprouts i know they did with my tulips and daisies. the
Marigolds didn't stand a chance !!!! lol
I now have containers in my front porch so the chickens cant get to them I'll try my herbs in them and see what happens