Posts by Lyssa

What fun!!  I want some cute fuzzy wuzzies!

Good info Gritsar.  I, having never done the candling, am wanting to try.  Just to see what I see.  I have a strong LED flashlight, and I am very curious about what the eggs will look like at about day 10 or so.  I am...

This afternoon I looked out a window and saw either a VERY large chicken giving herself a dust bath... Or two hens giving themselves dust bathes... My lil Bug is taking care of herself, I'm so happy.  We've taken to spending time...

  The first loss.  Maybe earlier today when I picked Bug up and two eggs fell, it must have cracked one of them.  I went out to check on her and the egg was pushed out of the nest.  So, feeling a little bad, I hope...

Quote:Originally Posted by crtrlovr Our nearly 19 year old cat loses her balance very easily, and sometimes falls when she's trying to enter the litterbox, so she started relieving herself on the floor beside the box.   ...

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/87471_little_broody_bug.jpgHere's Lil Bug, all fluffed up.  I hope Molly will help, last week before we put the fertile eggs under Bug, my husband went out and Molly was sitting the...

Quote:Originally Posted by gritsar One thing I forgot to mention - when picking up your broody be very careful.  Besides their bites, which to me aren't painful and not something to worry about, you need to pick her up...

Quote:Originally Posted by KenK There have been untold millions of pounds of green beans canned in a water bath canner.  I've eaten a train car load of them myself in my 50 years that my grandmother and mother canned.That said,...

Love it!  The only thing I could add is... Can I have wireless Internet so that I can sit outside with my girls and read BYC

It seems like a lot of nesting boxes for the 1 small chicken that could live in it!  And, I think I would feel really sorry for that bird.  It is cool looking in an Ikea sort of way