Posts by mkr

Hello, I have 6 (down from 7) week old assorted chicks. I hatched them with my elementary school students (I post with a new issue or two every spring--thank you all for all the help). I am fairly sure they have cocci but I am...

Three! Bunny Lebowski (I accidentally cut off her toe when she was a chick, for any Big Lebowski fans) laid her first egg today. Soon all five will be laying I hope!

Oppossums are nocturnal. A possum out in the afternoon is pretty unusual in my experience. I don't think they carry rabies as commonly as some other critters, but being out in the open during the day could indicate it was rabid or...

Thanks for all the information! I appreciate it so much. Raising and keeping these chickens has been so interesting. I really learn something new everyday. I suppose it doesn't matter what color the shells are, except that I like the...

At least two of my five hens have started laying this week. Yay!  Anyway I'm trying to figure out a.) which two are laying, and b.) if it's more than two.   I have three austrolorps, a buff orpington, and a barred...

Hooray! We got 1 egg already and yesterday two more of them started going in and out of the nests to push around the bedding in there. Fingers crosses for more eggs today!

Thanks for the input and the link. I'm so pleased to hear that folks think they are all hens. I picked these 5 out of a hatch of 16, based on leg size and how fast they were feathering out (thanks to the forum for info on how to do...

So I think I picked out all hens but now I'm second guessing myself. These two BA's have really big combs and wattles compared to my third BA. No crowing but some definite grumblings that almost sound like an attempt at crowing. These...

We brewed a batch of beer last week, and I've been putting out about 4 cups a day (for 5 pullets) of spent grain since then. I've just been putting it out in their 'treat feeder' in addition to whatever table scraps I have. They're...

I've been putting ice cubes in their water. 99 today and 106 predicted for Saturday. Gross.