Our flock contracted a respiratory illness. They all got sick, to varying degrees ranging from yellow snot flying everywhere and barely able to breath with TONS of rattling in the chest, to just a few sneezes and some lethargy. I suspect the two who showed the mildest symptoms had perhaps been...
Quick question... With the days getting shorter I'm considering adding supplemental light to my coop to help with egg laying and am wondering if it's ok to add it to the end of the day rather than the beginning. I have a heavy duty exterior timer that goes on at dusk and can stay on 2, 4, 6 or 8...
Hi all,
I was wondering if someone here could help me with a recent, precipitous decline in my flock's egg-laying output. From about the middle til the end of July, my six hens (born 2/2017, and laying from 8/2017 on without a problem, apart from a slight drop off in winter due to lack of...