Posts by MommaEsChicks

Thanks all. My mom is still in the process of finishing up her girls big coop so we were going to wait a bit anyway before sending her there. We'll see if she breaks the habit first. It was just odd to us because they have all been...

I need to pick yall's brains for a moment if I could. We have 4 hens (3 Speckled Sussex, 1 Cornish? Bantam) A week ago I went out and closed the door not checking the count as they had been so good about going in at night on their own....

Still waiting on our first eggs here ^_^ Our hens have been creating their own nests outside of the built nesting boxes but not laying yet. One of their siblings who went with my mom has laid her first two so I'm keeping an eye out. 

Fantastic! I'd love to go to his farm.    Our neighbor's hen has her first eggs, the boys are already excited for ours to start laying even though we've got a ways to go. *chuckles* 

Well, we had our very first chicken loss last night. Went out to close the coop and found my Brahma bantam girl. She'd gotten out of their temp yard and something got her.    I know what I'll be keeping an eye out for now...

Thanks ^-^ The boys will be happy to hear Daisy gets to stay. We unfortunately cannot have roosters in our area, otherwise I wouldn't mind either way! 

Thanks for the response. We'll keep an eye on that one then. ^_^ 

Fantastic, thanks ^_^ If anyone has a guess on gender I'm still keeping my fingers crossed it's a girl, but it's good to know where to start researching! 

Hi all! I have read what I could so far of the thread and think I have a Brahma on my hands, but feel free to send me to another thread if I'm wrong!    I have a chick who's in between 5 and 6 weeks old who I was hoping...

First off, thank any and all of you in advance for your info!!!    We are in between 5 and 6 weeks old right now and have what seems to be a pea comb. The comb and such are a good bit more red in tone than the SS we have...