Recent content by Tulipmasteer

I’m hoping this is a sign of affection and not them attempting to tenderize me, but my pullets scrape their beaks against me in a downward motion. If they do it on skin a little too hard it hurts a little and I have to scold them lol! Besides that one of my Easter eggers loves to sit on my lap...

Hey everyone, first time chicken owner here! I have 3 Easter eggers and 1 light Brahma pullets- all four are about 9 weeks old. I had read that brahmas are cold hardy but not heat hardy, but I figured that she should do fine here in PA. Today we had a 84 degree day after nights of 30s, and I...

Funny, I too have an Easter egger at 4 weeks that sounds raspier than the other 2. She’s otherwise just as healthy so I’m going to chalk it up to her being different. I actually love the way she sounds, fits her sweet personality very well. She seems to be at the bottom of the pecking order so...

Haha, I was being a bit dramatic about being kept up at night, but it does worry me that mareks is so common just about everywhere. With predators at least I can build a really good coop and run and be decently confident in their safety but this stuff just floats on the wind! Thanks for the info!

Hello! First post here and first time chick caretaker! After months of research, I finally picked up 3 ameracanas/easter egger and one light Brahma female day old chicks from TSC about three weeks ago. So far it’s been great, but as I continue to research the multitude of horrible things that...