Posts by thegreypony

Good grief! I thought there was a local guy our 4-H used but haven't heard back from our 4H leader yet. I'm going to be really hopeful about it! My Grand Freezer Chicken plan will not come to fruition at $4.07 an egg!! EEK!!  

We usually have 5-7 hens that go broody every spring/summer. Some I can break, others hatch out more layers for me, etc. I don't have room or need for more layers and would like to utilize their broodiness to fill the freezer, so to...

  this is the bird in question. I've got 3 of them and they all look the same with one's head not being quite as dark.

I answered an add on craigslist last week as I was looking to add 3 birds to our flock. The gentleman orders his babies 1 day old from Meyers - had a variety of babies, various ages - and then sells the babies to folks in town who...

I answered an add on craigslist last week as I was looking to add 3 birds to our flock. The gentleman orders his babies 1 day old from Meyers - had a variety of babies, various ages - and then sells the babies to folks in town who...

Well...there's no short story to how we ended up this way...   We have 2 buff orps who embrace broodiness and every attempt to break them fails. The easiest way to break the broody is to let them hatch a few eggs. Alongside...

So we have a flock of 19 hens (5 are Seramas) and 1 crazy brown leghorn rooster who until the heat wave has been very amorous with his favorite ladies.   About 2-3 weeks ago, one of the young Ameraucanas decided she felt a...

We do this quite frequently...   I put a flour sack type dish cloth over the hen so she can't see and just take her out of the nesting box. I usually just sit her down in the hen house, remove any old eggs she may be sitting...

We had a similar problem...irresponsible neighbors - dog just being a dog. Doesn't make this any less problematic b/c in the end, their dog is no longer a "pet" when it's on your property killing your chickens.   We keep a...

Quote: Originally Posted by dainerra  also, consider the fact that you feeding them can lead to Animal Control ignoring your reports.   They show up, there is clean bedding, food and water.  They...