One or two of my hens started laying this week! I was so excited I ran in the house to call my husband!
I knew they should be starting soon, but I havent checked on them for a week or so. I went out the other day and found 6 eggs! 5 in one nest, 1 in the other.
Ive seen a a black australorp hen on the nest. I have also seen a mutt hen and rooster mating. Not sure who is laying other than a BA for sure.
I have 12 chickens, and 5 of them are roosters. I RIR hen, 5 BA hens, and 1 Mutt hen. Will post pics.
We currently have 10 inches of snow on the ground in NW Wisconsin. And I'm not set up for baby chicks or separating hens froms roos. We got our chickens from a guy up the road from us this past July and August. So we just set up a small coop with a yard. The yard is now covered in snow and is not covered. The deer keep jumping in to eat the scratch grains I throw out. We intended on butchering before the snow fell, but we got 4 inches before thanksgiving and it never melted. We had to lean plywood up against the coop walls to prevent drifting snow.
Do you think it's ok to let the hen lay on the eggs even if its not really set up properly for chicks? I have candled and a few are fertile.
My husband and I are planning our chicken coop to build in the spring. With a side for laying hens only (unfertilized eggs) and then another side that we can mix roos and hens. He even said he would build me a room to use as a little hatchery!
I knew they should be starting soon, but I havent checked on them for a week or so. I went out the other day and found 6 eggs! 5 in one nest, 1 in the other.
Ive seen a a black australorp hen on the nest. I have also seen a mutt hen and rooster mating. Not sure who is laying other than a BA for sure.
I have 12 chickens, and 5 of them are roosters. I RIR hen, 5 BA hens, and 1 Mutt hen. Will post pics.
We currently have 10 inches of snow on the ground in NW Wisconsin. And I'm not set up for baby chicks or separating hens froms roos. We got our chickens from a guy up the road from us this past July and August. So we just set up a small coop with a yard. The yard is now covered in snow and is not covered. The deer keep jumping in to eat the scratch grains I throw out. We intended on butchering before the snow fell, but we got 4 inches before thanksgiving and it never melted. We had to lean plywood up against the coop walls to prevent drifting snow.
Do you think it's ok to let the hen lay on the eggs even if its not really set up properly for chicks? I have candled and a few are fertile.
My husband and I are planning our chicken coop to build in the spring. With a side for laying hens only (unfertilized eggs) and then another side that we can mix roos and hens. He even said he would build me a room to use as a little hatchery!
