Posts by canesisters

My year old speckled sussex went broody on the 5th (16 days ago).  She's sitting on 8 eggs from various hens in the coop.  I know that I should've candled them a week ago, but never having done it I kept putting it off until...

Sadly, the little dorking mix died.  I must have the worst chick nursing skills ever.  I've had 4 sick chicks in my chicken keeper career (all of 1 year long) and have lost 3 of the 4.  How is it that people can nurse...

Maybe a bit of both.  They trust you and are not afraid of you.  And, because they are little piggies, they are always on the lookout for easy food.  I've found that some of them are terribly curious and just have to be...

I'll add one for reference   EE chick - supposedly hatched from a green egg.   Look at those legs!!  I was sure she was a roo..     In the middle, wearing 'tweed' feathers - and she...

Well, here we go again.  I picked up this year's batch of chicks and have one who again seems to be a 'failure to thrive' baby.  She is a Dorking/EE cross, about a week or so old.  She is in with 2 other EE crosses who...

  Congrats!  Hope she's still there tonight.  I had a hen suddenly start sitting this past Sunday.  Egg-citing isn't it!

Hi SoManyHats and   I'm WAY down in southern VA - but this thread might be helpful for you:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/740342/interactive-byc-map

YEAH!  THERE's Handsome Fred!

  Can't see handsome Fred

Don't forget that on June 22 we'll be having our second swap at BT Hargraves Feed & Seed in Dinwiddie - less than 5mins off of I85 - just a little south of Petersburg.  Last time we had a lot of fun, but not a huge...