Hello, One of my young hens (Speckled Sussex, from 2023) began to sit constantly in the place where she laid her eggs. He goes out for a while to eat, walks for a short time and immediately returns. Looks healthy. Maybe this is an instinct to take care about clutch of eggs? What to do...
I have 2 generations of chickens in my coop. Araucana (2), Black Orpington ( 1) from April 2021 and French Copper Maran (3), Speckeld Sussex (2) from May 2023. I feed them Purina original, Dumor 5 grain scratch, and they have enough Ouster shells . One of them, large, very fat ( Black Orpington)...
I have only 3 hens. I live in MA. Coop has size for growing 6 - 10 hens. Hight layer of bedding, Drinking bowl with electric heater to keep the water from freezing. Ceramic lamp 4 inches for heating . When T is lower than 32F, I close coop for night. Chickens don’t come from coop, if T is 32 -...
I have only 5 chickens in small coop. I added 3 young ones (8 weeks) to the 2 old ones ( 1.5 year). One of young began to lay eggs on the roost. The hens began to peck at them. She stopped laying eggs. What to do?
I have 6 chickens ( Araucana and Rhode Island Red) in small hoop. Have heater lamp ( t inside isn't lower 3C) and water bowel with heater. Chicken like to walk outside every day. After t became lower 0 C, Rhode Island Red stopped to lay eggs. Araucana continue to lay good at night even at...
Dear friends,
I live in MA. I have a very small coop. Only 7 hens can live in it. This is not the first year. I must urgently buy chickens. I already know that there will be 3 Amerucana . What else would you advise to choose? Farm offers Barred Rock Buff Orpongton, Golden Wyandotte, Rod Island...