Hello all,
I will try to keep this as short as possible and still give as much information as I can. I am a fairly new chicken owner with a problem. We are just not getting eggs. We are slowly checking off any changing variables to see if we start to get results.
Here is all the information...
Hawk!
I live in a neighborhood that has a birds of prey problem. Big time. The guy down the street from me lost twenty chickens before he was able to catch and release 2 hawks.
Without having to "deal" with the hawks on my own, how prone to an attack am I with my dog in the back yard with my...
Our old flock consisted of one three year old hen, two two year old hens, and four pullets. We picked up five new thirteen-sixteen month old hens that have been SPOILED rotten by their previous owner.They are gorgeous birds. So we did the night time flock integration method. No issues over...
So i broke a cardinal rule and have no true laying boxes in my hen house. I have 4 roosting rungs and a large floor area that is thick with straw. The girls seem to always lay the eggs in the straw. If i were to build laying boxes in the house would they start laying in them? Or is it too late...