Posts by kikster

Newport News poultry laws could be updated September 29, 2011|By Joe Lawlor, jlawlor@dailypress.com | 247-7874Cluck, cluck.The way the city ordinances read now, most Newport News residents are forbidden from raising chickens. And if you...

The last girl I had this issue w/eventually became an egg eater/internal layer.  She's still alive and feisty, and in her own little area, but her life is pretty pointless (and definitely no benefits for us).  We did everything...

yeah the molts can be pretty unpredictable.  I have a few who pop right out of it and start laying again pretty quick, the rest just take their sweet time.  Last year, they went into a molt in fall, and I got ZERO eggs til...

Yeah, when we first got our girls, I was astounded at how loud my only Buff orp was.  I thought they would be all meek and calm, boy was I wrong!  I spent the first year being terrified of what my neighbors would think every...

We have one like this   but rarely have enough eggs for it.  It was given to us when we first got our girls, and we had visions of going out to collect eggs w/it each day.  But we usually just end up grabbing them...

Yeah, that's pretty much the way it's been all summer.  There's someone in the time out cage at all times.  I just kept thinking it's gotta end soon, but no such luck.  I got one of my frizzled girls in there now, and just...

Seriously, this has gotten SO old, it's pointless to even have these girls.   I love 'em to death, but they have worked our last nerve this summer.  We have had at least one chicken (usually 2 or more @ time) broody ALL...

Thank you so much for your quick replies.   I've considered her being a late bloomer, too, only she started out laying shelled and then slowly progressed to where she is now.  Seems kinda backwards from what I expected, but we...

Thanks for your reply.  That website did say that its only cause for worry if it is re-occurring , which it is in our case.  This is why I"m worried.  I've searched and read as many threads as possible before posting...

She just started laying this spring (around March, I think) her shells were extremely thin in the beginning, and eventually we weren't seeing any from her.  Or at least we thought.  We started noticing egg yolk on her beak and...