Posts by Mrs. K

My 3 ee have just started laying, and I don't even have the heated water dish. I am surprised as I have read that 3-4 times a week is about average for the EE's, but one of the 3 have given me an egg nearly every day! And it is green.MrsK

did you provide artificial light in your coop/run this winter? I am wondering it that daylength will trip the trigger so to speak?It seems a funny time of year, in the dead of winter, to have a broody hen, and yet many of you have one.MrsK

I leave mine in all the time. I never take them out, hens like to lay were someone else has laid, they seem to think "oh, this must be a good spot"As for making them broody, that is an act of fate. It won't cause broodyness, I...

put scratch in a coffee can, one of those red ones, and shake it and call, "here chick,chick" then throw it on the ground, and walk away. Do it each day, waiting a bit longer each time. the other way, I have calmed down...

I found last summer, during the long days, as I am a teacher, I am home most of the time. I could have quite a few more head in my flock becuase they spent most of the day free ranging. As in the layers and two mother hens and chicks....

give the neighbor 1/2 a dozen eggs. Visit and wave, often. Tell her you are glad that she is aware what is going on in the neighborhood.  She is bored and lonely, that is why she is watching you so closely. Give it a try, often...

-25 below 0 here today, the wind chill is suppose to be -45 whew, painfully cold.Mine are outside in a the huddle box!! It is just a plastic box on its side, with hay in the bottom and an old window propped up in front of it. The sun is...

I was just like you, and once I did it, all me and my sister in law, kept saying, it really was not that hard. And as you said, I KNOW what was fed to my chickens, there was NO question as to their health or that they were treated...

I don't think that they will need it, she will keep them warm, but might make you feel better. I think if they are very active, she is doing fine with them, and should even with the change in temperature.Dried off babies can take way...

One of my first hens were cornish cross too, she laid just fine for me and she went broody, was a fantastic mother! Breeds have tendencies, but each bird is their own deal!