Posts by chick4chix

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Thanks -Some of you lucky people have barns-  that would be great but I only have a garage. I brooded my last batch of chicks inside  the house and although fun, and agree with crazyhen- the dust was horrific- I ended up...

Thanks Gwen- Yes that appears to be the case- I checked this morning and the nests were still clean.  No egg yet today but she skipped one day after the first darling egg so perhaps she'll skip another? I can hardly wait til they...

my dog snoring

my dog snoring

Thanks- That's what I was hoping to do- hatch and raise. My grandkids really want me to get bearded silkies (me too) so thought it would be fun to hatch them myself inside then put them outside. Thanks for  all the encouragement 

I got my first egg!! I got it on thursday today is Sat and I got another! I have not gotten around to putting the 2x4 on the roost- I just kept blocking the boxes at night and opening in the morning. I did not block them Thurs night or...

Just curious- does anyone recommend ordering and raising baby chicks in the wintertime? Everything I've read seems to say to wait until Spring. I live in a very mild climate Southern California- but even here it gets cold at night in the...

My first egg was Thursday- yesterday nothing- MY SECOND EGG TODAY!! Silver laced Wyandotte 21.5 weeks both eggs in my hand- first egg next to clothes pin for size comparison and both next to a quarter.

CONGRATULATIONS! I got my first egg yesterday- it was a little bitty cute perfect egg sitting next to the fake egg twice it's size