Posts by texas_chick

I am still sick about Martha disappearing. We've had her for 3 years and when you only have 5 chickens you get to know every single one really well.I ALWAYS put up the chickens and horses myself every night. Only that night I was in...

we've loved our chickens for over 3 years now!one turned out to be a rooster and we had to rehome him.one went into early chicken menopause and stopped laying a year ago.and sadly my little boy put up the chickens last night without...

Okay the first 'litter' sold out pretty quickly but I just listed 3 new ones www.LillyCats.Etsy.comThey also make great gifts and even come with a collectors card, etc.If you buy one put the BYC in the notes so that I can give you your...

LOL. 5% off for BYC members (these socks are expensive so can't knock off much more than that )

Thank You!

Jay Jay only took off the day after she layed that first egg and has been laying one a day! She like to lay around noon so we were surprised to find one this morning and then we noticed it was much darker and bigger.Sure enough JayJay...

I create these out of brand new socks made with recycled cotton.10% of my profits go to a spay and neuter program.Check them out. You know you want one!http://www.LillyCats.Etsy.com

We found an egg today in the coop.The chickens are only about 17 weeks old and with the heat I didn't expect them to lay until later.I have a bag of Layena ready that I was going to use next but as of right now the chickens were still on...

Quote:Originally Posted by gamebirdsonly I start free ranging mine around 7 to 8 weeks of age. As far as egg laying in box I have never worried about it I enjoy looking for eggs:)Hm. 5 wooded acres is a lot of area to hunt for eggs...

My chickens hatched end of February/ beginning of March and won't lay until September, right?So I have left them in the coop (mostly a big covered run with roosts, etc. because we're in South Texas) thinking they should stay there until...