i would recommend untill they are laying age if you have no other hens of laying age in there close off the nest boxes for now untill its time for eggs that way they will be forced to use there roost and when its time for them to lay they will get the idea of what the box is for
Along these lines i had about half a bag left and it got a tiny bit wet and the food started to clump but this was just between yesterday and today should it still be okay to feed them?
Hey i dont know why there is such a shortage there honestly here in Bennington,Vermont there is a place called whitmans feed store where you can get compacted wood shavings for $5.25 and it covers a 8 square foot area 4 inches thick with shavings and i have seen there bay where they keep it they...
they are hardy, mature quickly, and lay enormous numbers of white eggs, but they are panicky. This makes them annoying to work with, as you end up doing everything in slow motion to avoid panicking the flock. This is less of a nuisance on free range, where they have room to run around squawking...
Hi my dad is a ornithologist which is the study of Birds and he told me thats most certainly a American Red Breasted Robin and if you have a a incubator put the egg in it at the same temp as your chicken eggs it will hatch! my dad is happy that you found it he said by the way you Described it...
well i have come to the conclusion they do not like rain!!! they came out long enough for it to touch there butts and boom right back into the coop and there they stayed lol needless to i just closed them up and am hoping for a better day tomorrow.
use a piece of Popsicle stick with a Small piece of String or tape to make a splint if she is moving it at all it isn't broke try that but not for more then a few days
I just honestly need to know because its raining here if its okay to open my coop and let me babies (there full Grown) i just call them that they don't like being in the coop but at the same time if its not okay i don't want to get them sick please let me know
here is some information on Cochins
Cochins came to the US and England for the first time in about 1845, when they were known as Chinese Shanghai fowl. The first ones were a buff color and their size and thick soft feathering created quite a sensation, especially in England. The American...
Lettuce Some corn not allot because it makes them fat macaroni potatoes cat food bread they will eat pretty much anything they know whats good and whats not put it in there if they eat it its good
Hi there well depending on her mood i would say somewhere around 6 eggs she will start setting to hatch you can try putting some other eggs in there with her but some hens wont take them put one in front of her not under her if she wants it she will move it herself if not its just a waiting game...