I finally had to remove all the nesting boxes for about a week. I also had decoy eggs, so took them out too. As long as I make sure to get eggs every day she's ok. But if I wait she's back broody again. I'm going out of town for a few days I know she's gonna be broody when get back🐔😩
I have a hen that as been sitting in the nesting box for about 2 weeks. I can finically make her leave but she's back with in an hour. When I push her out she puffs up her feathers and the eventually gets food and water. Today I moved her nesting box out of the corner and she just went to the...
I live in So Texas and we just had a hurricane which left tons of mosquitoes. I have Eradicators hanging in the yard. I put cedarcide around my porch and the house, not near my chickens, I believe it's toxic for them. Keeping them inside is not an option, but also these mosquitoes are tiny get...
I don't have a fence. Honestly never needed one till they moved in. I have 3 acres used tove in the country now not so much. I've called called animal control but they don't come out. And know they are damaging property too. This is the only time I've ever wanted an HOA. I'm just looking for a...
I'm sorry, I'm new to this. I didn't get them. My neighbors dogs are out all the time and they come to my yard and chase my chickens regularly, one lost all his tail feathers from it. I have spoken with them to no avail. I just want to let them out in my yard and am looking for options.
I have raccoons but they can't get in where my chickens are. I feed them a variety of stuff Scratch and peck layers feed, feed store layers feed, meal worms, oysters shell, corn, plus the plethora of insects here in so Texas. The weather's been sunny and moderate. We had cold snap in February...
She is not yet a year old. She started laying eggs regularly last November. Her "sister" died mysteriously 2 months ago and she has laid 1 egg since then. Any ideas of what's going on?
I have a hen who started laying eggs last November, she was 5 mo old. She always lays on the same place. She hasn't laid an egg in 7 days. Is that normal?
The dominant one doesn't go up in the trees he actually never gets far from the pen because the hens are in it. The non dominant rooster wanders farther away.