Posts by gstone

I have 3 hens (no roosters) just over a year old. They had been laying really well for a while. Now suddenly they have stopped, maybe an egg every few days. And... they've had bald butts for  quiet a while. they seem to have molted...

I have four 20 week old hens and am getting an egg every other day or so. One day I had 2 eggs!!!! It is a lot of fun. I'm always so delighted when there is one!!

I don't know if it's every morning. I notice when/if I have my bedroom window open. It wakes me up - they are right out side my window. I haven't had an complaints, but I wonder if the neighbors hear it. Some times I do close my window...

I have 20 week old girls and a couple of them seem to cluck/sing when the sun comes up - around 6 am or so.... it can be a little loud (annoying) any one else experience this? Usually doesn't last long, but I always worry about the...

my 18 week Buff Orpington has layed 3 eggs in 4 days. They are light tan and about 2 inches tall. I think it is her, her coop mates are 2 dark cornish and a hamburg. I know Orpingtons mature early, so I assume it is her. How long before...

Yes, I've been told they are dark cornish, that's right. They are dark brown - feathers almost greenish at certain angle. Very sweet birds. There are so many different breeds, and I've read so much about different breeds, I get confused....

thanks for the in put. I bought them as a mix 'bag' of layers. So I wasn't sure what the breeds were when I got them... I'd like to think that the feed store didn't give me a meat bird when I ordered layers... but you never know. I've...

Hey fellow Mainers. I got 6 pullets this past April and have been having so much fun watching them grow. I rent, and can't keep the chickens here long term - but my mother-in-law says I can keep them at her place across town. I have been...

she's lovely!!!

From what I understand 3 inches or so of pine bedding should do. They need that to walk on (as opposed to flat newspaper) so that their feet form properly as they grow.