Raising chickens for eggs requires lots of extra care for your chickens. This article will tell you how you can get the most from your hens and choose the right breed of chicken to get.
When getting chickens for eggs you want to get a breed that will produce a good amount of eggs. If you...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I have had my hens for about 2 years now; I started with 4 and have 10 now.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
10
(3) What breeds do you have?
Australaarps (2), Campine (1), Naked Neck (1), Easter Eggers (2), White buff...
I've got (what I thought were) my two EE cockerels in a separate run/pen together. I was pretty sure that I heard them both crow- and he's got the red shoulders and longer, pointy-er tail feathers (compared to the girls) But his brother is SO MUCH bigger, like half again the size. And, it seems...
I found an awesome article last night. It cleared up a lot of misconception on my behalf. Thought I would share the link.
http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/2013/12/ameraucana-vs-araucana-vs-easter-egger.html
Usually I read late night to help me fall asleep but had to stop reading this time because...
We just moved our 3 week old Easter Eggers (2 of them) out of our house to the garage 2 days ago. Unfortunately my 4 year old didn't put the lid on all the way after watering them last night and they got out and it looks like something got one of them. We found the other one yelling her head off...