Posts by Schrebergaertner

Thanks for the info.  I was afraid that might be the case.

We have 11 chicks about 3 months old, several different breeds.  Two of them are White Crested Black Polish.  I don't know if it's the crest feathers looking inviting or the two of them being too timid, but they both are...

We thought the same thing with our roo, since we only saw him mate with very few of the 11 hens.  Well, we let a broody have some eggs from most all of the hens, and sure enough, they were all fertile.  So he was finding a...

Today we lost one of our original girls.  Found a RIR dead on the floor of the coop in the middle of the day.  She couldn't have been gone more than a couple of hours, since I had been in there not long before.  No...

I put one together about 2 years into our chicken adventure.  I did it mostly to be able to keep track of which chickens were from which batch, how old, molts, how well they're producingn, etc.

Our experience is definitely that the younger hens lay better through the winter.  We have 18 now in three groups ranging in age from 9 months, 1.5 years, and 2.5 years.  The new ones are still laying almost every day. ...

Dunno, let's ask them!     They say "Yessss"!

  Hey!  Where's the drumsticks!!??    

Looks like "lash" is likely what it was.  Found some more helpful info on it.  Still don't know which girl laid it, but I"ll keep a close watch for any symptoms of feeling bad.    Thanks!  

Yesterday I found this in one of the nestboxes among a few other eggs.  I've never seen anything like it.  It's the color and texture of eggshell, but it's pliable and rubbery.  I cut into it thinking I might see yolk...