Posts by Magpie31

Bumping this up because I have more questions.   My new hen is still hiding in the coop. She has food and water, and while they seem to be clucking at each other all the time, there doesn't seem to be any fighting at all. We...

I acquired a new hen. She belonged to a friend of mine, but was being bullied so badly she was going to get killed. She couldn't even sleep in the coop with the others, so she had to sleep outside, alone. :( Very...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fancy Feathers  LOL they'll just beg for scraps.. True. Little beasts 

Quote: Originally Posted by Pele    Or an episode of "Worst Animal Attacks"

Hello everyone!    Sorry it's been so long since I checked in. Things are going well; my chickens seem to be deal with the heat just fine, which is good. They have a little swimming pool that I set up for them (ok, it's a...

Lesbian chickens. Awesome. Might I suggest a little rainbow sticker for the coop? 

Sneaky Chickens!   I went back out to put more nest material in the nest boxes, since the "practice egg" was not in the box (and the hen had pulled all the bedding in the whole coop into one area, made a divot, and laid her...

I posted yesterday about one of my hens acting like she was going to lay, and I guess we were right on the money! Today I found a little...thingy...in the coop. It's shaped like a very tiny egg, and it's shell is very soft. It's like a...

Thanks for the quick reply! Yep, thats pretty much what I was thinking too. I will put a little more bedding down in the nest boxes and get a dummy egg out there to give her the idea. It's exciting to see her moving in that...

I have four hens (two Barred Rocks and two Easter Eggers). I got them as started pullets. The hatchery says all their started pullets are between 16 and 20 weeks old, and I have had them for three weeks. The info I have seen here and...