Posts by florida lee

The BO accepted all the chicks ( this was her second hatching), I put the one with the bad leg back in the tractor with her and the other chicks last night.  So far so good.  I just don't know if the chicks leg will get...

My broody was finished with her chicks at 4 weeks, she walked off and left them.  they are doing just fine.

I moved two broody hens and their eggs into my vacant tractor.  I figured this way they would not be bothered by the other chickens. The tractor is 5' x 9' and has 3 nest boxes.  They settled in with no problems, The BA had 4...

Sounds like my Minorcas....I have 6 , one being a buff.  She is half the size of the blacks. But, I got my first white egg a few days ago....very small but perfect shape.  They are 21 weeks old. I believe they came from...

I made a two story tractor, coop up top and run on the bottom. it is 4 x 10 ft. I originally had 8 chicks in it. It got too small fast. Now I use it for  a couple of hens now and then. with large wheels it wasn't too hard to move.

I live in North Central Florida and have never seen anything like that.  I would get some Oxine and the activator. Mix and soak the ground. google Oxine. It will not hurt the chickens. when used with the activator do not allow...

Don't worry, they will get the idea....lots of times new layers will be taken by surprise and drop an egg almost anywhere. She will figure out the nest box.

Thanks John.  Also my Minorcas are going over the run fence, its 6 feet high, going up another 2 feet to day.  Do you think this is high enough? None of the other chickens (all heavy breeds,,BO,BA,Wyan. silver & gold,)...

Hey WYANDOTTE.... I'm New to Minorcas, and could use some info from you.,, here is 1 of 6. He/she is about 15 weeks old.  I think that my Minorcas are very slow growing and seem to be small. Also in picture is "big head" my 17...

I have 14 week old Minorcas and 15 week old RIR and Barred Rock.  The size difference is great. The Minorcas are much much smaller than the RIR or the Barred Rock about by half. IS this normal? The charts I look at say the...