Wise ones, How many nesting boxes do we need for our 15 hens (lavender and buff Orpingtons and Araucanas) which came to us full grown (fostering indefinitely). We are using our old hen house, 8x10 tuff shed, and built a 10x20 run for the girls and the roosters. There is one large nesting box...
Wondering if there’s anything I can do for this poor girl. She was being targeted by the other hens, pretty badly hen pecked. I tried isolating my alpha hen, but then the other hens just went after her, so I isolated her in my large dog kennel inside our chicken run in early December. Now that...
Question, is it safe and effective to add a little molasses to the water to keep in from freezing? We’re in SW Colorado at 7000 feet with six chickens, it can get very cold at night.
My chickens are 2 months old. We have them in a covered 5x10 dog kennel on the back covered porch, covered with tarps that we lower at night and when it rains. They all roost inside an XL dog crate inside the kennel at night. But we’re having cooler summer weather (55 degrees at night)...
Hi. We had chickens years ago and I spent a fortune on a Tuff Shed and heat lamp in winter. Just started again with a smaller group (6) and looking for winter tips. Thanks!