A couple of squirrels are messing with our chicken feeders.
I have two 2 feet tall 4" pipe feeders and saw squirrels going into the coop once in a while.
I saw they would just eat some foods but they completely dug out all the foods from both feeders during last few days.
Chicken foods are all...
I have 4 one year old Easter eggers in California.
They started laying eggs in January and laid 3-4 eggs per day.
But I got average 2 eggs recently and got only one egg today.
No food or environment have changed and they were free ranging in the backyard.
Any idea/suggestions?
I found an egg on the floor with very thin broken shell this morning. Luckily, chickens did not eat it.
I thought some girl did it in the morning but all four girls showed signs of laying eggs.
After checking the video, I found Hawk laid the egg from the roosting bar at 1am and dropped it to the...
I got 4 EEs last August and they started laying eggs recently.
I saw Mario (top hen) and Gucci pecking Summer while eating. Summer is at the bottom of the pecking order apparently.
Today, they were free ranging, Summer was just standing on the ground sun bathing, and Mario and Gucci were pulling...
Summer finally laid her first egg but on the coop floor.
She was standing by the waterer, drinking and laying an egg.
I've never seen her playing around/inside the nesting boxes.
I am not sure if she would continue to do this. She is at the bottom of pecking order.
I had to come home from work...
One of 4 Easter eggers laid the first egg. A beautiful blue egg. So excited!
Her name is Mario and she was trying to lay her first egg for 2 hours this morning.
I saw her going into the nesting box from the coop camera.
They did not play around the nesting boxes at all so I knew it's time.
I...
I am about to finish my first coop. Floor and left side panel are ready to be installed.
I want to put a large door to 4'x4' front side for chicken access and cleaning but I can't come up with a good design.
Any suggestions?
I got 4 EE chicks 3 weeks ago and I am building my first chicken coop.
Ventilation was done under the roof using 1/2" hardware cloth.
Would that be enough for California weather or do I still need to add a window to the coop?
The floor is 3x4' and I am going to put a sheet of 5/8" plywood...