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Probably they will take a break next year. Or at least when they get older.

To me it looks as if Hafod submits to Fforest. But Im no expert, so Shad/ all multiple rooster keepers please chime in , especially if I am wrong.

These are better daylenghts for sure. And probably you have more sunny spells too to make a difference in relation to most of us. Forgot to ask about the breed (some breeds are known to keep laying in winter as others don’t) and the age of the hens. I had a young hen (Tournaisis) who skipped...

Where do you live? How mild is mild. How short are the days around Xmass? Where I live it doesnt get very cold in winter either (around 0 C) but the day length is only about 9 h in midwinter. I noticed they started to lay sooner in February when it was very sunny. The cloudy weather we had...

+ A chicken that comes out of an average chicken-factory after 18 months has lived a very poor life in an overcrowded environment. I think the way these poor chickens look is caused by a combination of several things. Food is maybe one of them. The stress and feather pecking from the...

The results of the inquiry on longevity I mentioned above. Not on a thread of Perris but almost half a year ago in this long lasting thread (thank you Shad for continuing so long!) : https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/shadrachs-ex-battery-and-rescued-chickens-thread.1502267/post-27447083

You don't have to reverse. There are still a lot of heritage breeds that don’t lay an extreme amount of eggs in the first 2 years. Some BYC keepers have several generations of mixes that get old. I cant tell if the normal live spans of all heritage breeds are all over 8 years. But my tiny...

Wow, what an event and great storytelling! Do enter it if there is a contest in poultry storytelling again!

I had this problem with my previous phone cameras too. But not with my Iphone (4yo now), and mdh bought a new (expensive) phone with multiple cameras that is good in poor light too. Since we are talking about small machines… Just to share. The cheapest incubator you can buy (new 20€, I bought...

Not with Lucy in sky for sure. In strawberry fields maybe? Or a in a dancing doing a golden brown walz? Please keep us updated Ladies8.

I find it too hard to write an article in proper English. English not my native language. I suppose its okay to reply in these threads, but I need better skills to write a book or an article.

@Perris it would be interesting for a lot of backyard chicken keepers if someone writes a good article about the history of chickens and the feeds the different breeds/hybrids need. The basics to take into account would be The number of eggs they lay (old heritage breeds vs average breeds vs...

The info you give in the link is very different from the info they give at the chicken museum in Barneveld. They deleted the info about history- production at the museum site but I found a little info on the site of legkipjes.nl The info is written in Dutch- but you can use translate to read...

Hope you are right. The hatch I just started is much later as my usual hatches. I read the hatch temperature makes a difference. You could try a poll with all the BYC members? I suppose you have to ask 2 things: 1. the time of the year 2. the incubators about the machine temp and the natural...

Shadrach said: Nutrition is a quite complicated matter. The chickens that lived 100 years ago and the old heritage breeds we have nowadays are not the same chickens as new the high production breeds or the hybrids that were developed for factory farming. Its not so obvious to see because of...

6-9 years ago I bought good and tasty organic crumble and pellets (Van Gorp) at the mill in my town. The crumble was more of a nuisance to me because the chickens always picked the tasty bits and left the flower. I kept buying crumble on and off and mixed the residue with water and a little acv...

🤣 . We have a well / small stream behind our garden (municipality land). It’s deep enough to get drowned for chickens. But usually the chickens avoid it and they never tried to wade or swim in it as far as I know. What do you mean with this? Was he stil hanging around with his mommy and...

Congrats with Fez , @Perris and congrsts with the chicks @fuzzi ! How many chicks have hatched?

Good you make your own decisions on food. The layer feed maffioso may have their own opinion, but I cant agree with their idea that giving anything else as layer feed is balanced and the best. I don’t thrust the ordinary feed either. But the organic feed in combination with free ranging and...

😍 This confidence is really nice. I have a broody now too. Bought 6 bantam hatchery eggs yesterday. Stil wondering how many eggs will fit. Black lays approx. 35 g eggs and 7 Dutch sized eggs fit under her without any problems. The bantam Amrock eggs are much larger. All between 50 and 55 g...