Annie Cooper's Page

"what neighbourhood are you in? you might join the coop group here on this site. access to all resources is pretty well hashed out there..."

"Annie: Our chickens just went to the nest. If you buy pullets it will take them a while to mature. We bought ours in April and they started laying in October. Their prime laying years are for two years after that things diminish. So ours had lots of…"

"Typically if you have a nest box (a little wooden box lined with hay or straw), the hens are smart enough to figure out that that is where they should lay their eggs. If you want to make it real easy for them, put a fake egg…"

"I just read that you have to teach the chicken to lay eggs in the nest. Is this true?"

"Thank you for the information Penny and Dane. I will check it out. I was looking at the store bought ones and found a couple styles that would fit with our home. Does anyone have any experience with store bought ones? The reviews are so mixed, from…"

"To buy chickens (or just for the adventure of it), go out to Fraser Valley Auctions (www.fraservalleyauction.com/) in Langley for their Saturday morning poultry sale. You can buy chickens there and may even be able to buy something to house them in.…"

"I would suggest contacting Homesteader's Emporium or Duncan Martin. http://www.dailyeggs.com/ Duncan builds chicken coops and Homesteader's has him in for talks about chickens so either way you can get lots of information from both of…"