Depending on the hatchery i got each of the chickens from, some of them lay fewer eggs during the winter and some of them stop laying eggs during the winter. I believe it was a 3 fold problem. One, less chickens were laying because it was winter. Two, the chickens did not like the kind …
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Death in the Chicken Pen
Ever since i integrated the pullets into the chicken pen the chickens had been bullying the newbies, as chickens do. The pullets, afraid of the chickens, roosted each night in between the tarp covered fence of the pen and the side of the chicken coop. I kept telling them they’d get stuck here and predators …
Broody at the Worst Time
One of my hens has gone broody at the worst time. It is literally 107 degrees right now. Every day i have to go out there and take her off the eggs, collect them, and force her out if the coop to get a drink. As soon as she has done so she goes right …