My chicken thinks they are my kids

[dolfi]

I just started breeding my chickens. I have three that were raised with me since two easters ago. Finally they started to lay eggs this summer. I end up buy an incubator for the eggs because they wont sit on them. All my chickens wants to do is follow me around. Last month i got seven chicks,,, so exited and I also have 13 in the incubator now. This is new but i love it.

My problem is that they waist the food and durty the water. I would love to but dont have all that time. They eat all the grass in the cage and now its full of mud ( smelly mud)

Any one have some ideas.

 

[Rich386]

I just started breeding my chickens. I have three that were raised with me since two easters ago. Finally they started to lay eggs this summer. I end up buy an incubator for the eggs because they wont sit on them. All my chickens wants to do is follow me around. Last month i got seven chicks,,, so exited and I also have 13 in the incubator now. This is new but i love it.

My problem is that they waist the food and durty the water. I would love to but dont have all that time. They eat all the grass in the cage and now its full of mud ( smelly mud)

Any one have some ideas.

First of all they will not sit on eggs unless they have gone into brood mode. You will know that when they don't want to leave the nest and don't want to give up the eggs. A good feeder will eliminate most waste of feed and the same goes for water. You can make or buy both I would guess there are a million plans on this sight alone.

 

[dolfi]

Well they been lay eggs for three months now and still not seatting on them. Any one knows what i can do

 

[Den in Penn]

Most chicken breeds have the broody instinct bred out of them. If you have one of those there is little you can do to make them want to be mothers. Even a correctly sized run rarely if ever has any small green things growing in it, even if they don't eat eat all the traffic kills it. If you want them on grass you have to have in some way an over sized area for them. Rotate between two runs or move the coop/run around or give them a large pasture.

 

[dolfi]

Most chicken breeds have the broody instinct bred out of them. If you have one of those there is little you can do to make them want to be mothers. Even a correctly sized run rarely if ever has any small green things growing in it, even if they don't eat eat all the traffic kills it. If you want them on grass you have to have in some way an over sized area for them. Rotate between two runs or move the coop/run around or give them a large pasture.

Thank you

this makes sence because they have no grass in their cages. I ll try some when we do the lawn

 

[dolfi]

whats the difference between cornish or a bantam.. I feel so lost. i thought that a chicken was just a chicken. will love to learn

 

[Den in Penn]

A bantam is a size. Take some time to read in the breeds section at the top, you should find it interesting.