Posts by Krischick23

Hey everyone I am new to having chickens. One of our hens laid her first egg last week and nothing again until today which has been about 7 days. It was a little smaller than a normal sized egg but it looked great! This morning she...

Yay thanks everyone!

This chick is about 11 weeks old.  We originally had 2 roosters out of our five and were able to exchange them for two hens a few weeks back.  The lady wasn't sure of one of them but thought it was probably a pullet. I've had...

Thanks everyone! So do buff orpingtons and buff plymouth rocks look the same even when they are grown with the exception of the legs?

I have 5 Buff Orpington chickens that are 10 weeks old.  I have always noticed that one of my girls legs are a bright yellow orange and the rest of the chickens are the pink/white the Buff orpingtons are supposed to have. ...

I'll have to try the box under the food to catch it. But do I need to just get new sand now? I don't see how I can pick out every piece of food.

Hey everyone. I have 5 8 week old chicks that are living in their coop. We are using sand for the floor and really like it. My concern though is that the chickens scrarch their food and spill their food all over in the sand. I know this...

Thanks everyone! I'm a little sad because I can't have roosters but the place we bought them from said they would exchange with us if we ended up with boys. They are the two we are least attatched to so thats good. They aren't near as...

I thought vent sexing was only for when they are really young?

Thank you both for your replies! These are our first chickens and we just love them! They are so friendly and sweet.