Two of my six started laying about ten days ago. The eggs are maybe half the size I expected and yesterday I found one that was just a membrane sac, no shell at all, sitting under the roost. They're on layer pellets…
Flock of four, all just under two years old, laid consistently through spring. Eleven days ago production stopped dead — not a slow decline, just nothing. Combs are red, they're eating and drinking normally, no mites I…
Integrated three 18 week pullets with my existing four hens three weeks ago. Did the see but not touch thing through wire for two weeks first. Everything is fine in the run during the day, but at the feeder there's real…
Wake up to wet backs on the two birds who roost at the far end. Coop is a converted shed, about 6x4 feet, six hens. There are two vents at roost height on the door side and I keep them open all winter. Outside temps…
Lost a hen to what I'm fairly sure was a fox that dug under the run fence. Garden is about 8 metres square so the run is small and close to the house. I can afford one of these properly: either skirting the entire run…