If I set my auto door to close at sundown it locks all the chickens out every time. If it has a time mode, try using that when you let them out again. I set mine about half an hour after sunset bc that's when they seem to go in. Watch them for a couple of days- hopefully they'll go in...
Yes! I started clipping last summer after retrieving a chicken from the neighbor's yard. She flew on top of the coop and then over. This is only my second summer with chickens, I learn more all the time!
We just got our new chicken fencing put up from Omlet and I love it! Finally I can take the barriers off of my flower garden and the girls aren't tearing up the drainage around the house!
My new neighbors just came to meet us and said something is stealing our eggs and leaving them in their yard. This explains why I've only been getting 3-5 eggs out of 6 chickens recently. I found where it burrowed under the run and blocked it, but since the chickens free range in the back yard...
Hi, I have 6 hens, a year old in New England. I just switched from my heated waterer (which has an open trough) to a homemade one which they have to peck to get water. They used it last summer just fine. I put it out last week and refilled it once. 2 days after refilling it I noticed the level...
Hello, I have six chickens we raised from chicks on our porch last April (2 barred rock, 2 rhode island reds, and 2 buff orpingtons). My kids enjoyed doing this as a homeschool project and love to run around with the girls out back. My husband and I love the fresh delicious eggs!