Posts by Jeffomatic

Three dips in the bucket over two days cured Mrs. Green.  She's back to scratching and pecking instead of moping and nesting, and her voice is back to normal instead of low and growly!

I have an Australorp hen who remains stubbornly broody.  I am currently trying the "water cure" (dipping her underside into a tub of water,)  It's not cold water, just cool.  She got steaming mad at me, but I...

Six.  Three mature hens (2 Aussies, 1 Buff Orp)  and three cute little Barnevelder chicks!

I haven't formally named them, but my 7 year old grandson suggests "Whitey, Eagle and Hawk."

I have wanted to get Barnies for a while.. I started keeping chickens last year and have three nice laying hens, two Australorps and one large Buff Orp.  I found a lady within 5 miles of me selling Barnies and paid $15 apiece (!)...

I built a coop that looks like a big dog house, except it has a sealed "person door" on the end and a pop hole that has an alcove and automatic door.  It has a "picture window" that's made out of the frame/glass...

I have three Australorp hens I raised from chicks through laying age.  They've been very healthy and beautiful and began laying nearly daily at 6 months.  There was a fourth chicken that turned out to be a rooster.  At 5...

The directions for Aureomycin say not to give it to laying hens.  Is that because the eggs would contain elevated levels for human consumption or does it hurt the chickens' laying or shell-forming ability or something?  I'd...

I have four Australorps, and with few chicken-eating pests in my area, a tall, opaque board fence and lots of watching, I now have four healthy laying hens that are producing an egg a day each.

I have three black Australorp pullets who recently became old enough to lay. And lay they do!!  Nearly daily, right off the bat.   I had purchased four, with a guarantee that they'd all be female.  Well, one was a...