Recent content by val snelling

Update..... they all went inside as usual just before dark! New problem/concern, one of my chocolate's layed a rubber egg!!! ugh first time ever, so now makes me believe maybe due to being shut out all day??

They are not acting any different, happy to be able to go in and out again, we had a nice breeze here in vt. and not too awful hot! Thank you so much for the assistance!

I was worried that they would think they were shut out forever and might not know to go in once night comes and that they might hold their eggs and get bound,....... I dont know just was worried, thanks for your help makes me feel better! Even before I joined this site I would go here for...

Hello everyone, I am new to this site and not sure if I am posting questions correctly but here goes........ today I accidentally shut my chickens out of the coop ALL day until 5pm, my girls are a year old and for what ever reason (not thinking i guess) i accidentally shut them out ( I opened...

First question: I accidentally shut my chickens (who are a year old) out of the coop for the day! ugh..... will they be ok we only found 1 egg outside so not sure if they all had one outside or if they held them, (do they even do that?) or what, I am hoping that there will be no ill effects! I...

Thanks for the welcome! I am new to chickens, love them like crazy but have questions!