For those who have watched my previous YouTube video, you may be wondering what happened to my ladies after the mini cyclone and that bloody event in the coop where a cuckoo maran hurt its claw.
For those who don't know, I'm a new chicken mama, got my chickens at about a month old in October...
Description of my flock: I have approx 12 mixed breed hens that are 3yrs of age (or older) and approx 25 hens that I purchased last year as full-grown laying hens (they are Berg's Browns from Berg's Hatchery in Russell, MB)
Problem: In the past months (not including winter) I have lost several...
I'm looking to buy two fully grown but young hens locally. We love our Americaunas, though I would be interested in other docile breeds such as Easter Eggers, Dominique, etc. They are our pets but would prefer a breed with good egg production. Willing to pay more for beautiful birds. Willing to...
Alright my chicken friends, 23 Buff Orpington pullets, 2 Buff Orpington cockerel, they are all 18 weeks old, I found two eggs in the flowerbed!! Yayyy!! So, should I put straw or shavings in the laying box??
I have an old girl I took in knowing she would not be producing regularly, intended to make her my first experience at culling my flock. She is so sweet and friendly that I learned that I will not be able to cull my own hens when the time comes.
The issue I have is she has laid in spurts...
Hi I am in kingman and looking for point of lay hens in the following breeds not looking for show quailty or rare breeds just some girls to free range on my 5 acres already have a paddock for roosting at night
Wellsummer
wynadottes
cochins
easter egger or colored egg layer
also looking for...
I've noticed that all my girls lay the day before a big storm (which happens occasionally at other times, but certainly isn't an every day occurrence). Additionally, the day or two after the storm aren't usually good egg production days. Is there any science behind this? I would hypothesize that...
Hi, my name is Golden, I live in Malawi and i have following this site for quite a while now and now that i have bought laying chickens i thought it would be wiser to register so i could easily interact with fellow chicken farmers.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens...