Posts by fuzziecreatures

I ordered 50 assorted chicks from Meyer Hatchery in Ohio. 25 Brown Layer Asst, 25 Rare Layer Asst, plus 2 meal makers. They are coming NEXT WEEK!! Time flies, I ordered them Feb 1st thinking I would have plenty of time. I'm not...

Should be high enough to walk in. Our first run is about 4 foot high, I gotta crouch to do anything in there. I am not looking forward to shoveling the compost out. We built a bigger run and it is 7 foot tall! So excited about that.

Went to check on Nutmeg's water and feed this am and saw one of the roosters standing in front of Nutmeg's cage. Thought that was weird, but then heard a couple peep sounds. Ran to the house and got my phone to take...

Left to right: Buff Brahma Bantam, Black Silkies x2, Blue Splash Marans, Easter Eggers x2

I candled the 5 remaining eggs under Nutmeg on Day 14. Great air sacs on all 5 eggs, Movement seen in the brown eggs, I couldn't tell if I saw movement in the olive eggs. Can't wait for next weekend!!! I have to work in the am on Fri...

I put 6 LF eggs under my barnyard mix bantam broody on Feb 16th in the evening. Removed 1 egg on Feb 18th after someone else was laying in her nest and cracked one and put a big peck in it. Just candled, all 5 look good I think. I've...

I set 6 LF eggs under a broody on the 16th, she was off on another nest for about 3hrs today. She's now isolated into a small dog crate with food and water. I'll let her out once or twice a day when everyone is in the run or free...

Quote:Originally Posted by PtldChick  3rd time broody at 9 mos old?!  Did she start in the egg? She's a barnyard mix from my father-in-law, started laying at 6 months. She laid an egg every day with a day off occasionally! Her...

4 days ago, I posted   Quote: Originally Posted by fuzziecreatures  We had one of our mixed bantams, Cinnamon, setting on the nest with no eggs for 4 weeks.  We kept taking them away from her and...

We ordered 25 assorted brown egg layers, 25 assorted rare layers, 2 meal makers from Meyer Hatchery.  They are due to be delivered between March 20th - 22nd!  We are going to be brooding them in our chicken coop which is a...