Recent content by ccstarbuckle

Hey yall, I have 3 established chickens, one of which is a very large black sexlink. Last spring, I added 4 more chicks and by the time they were large enough, I put them in the chicken yard with the older girls. Since then the black chicken goes nuts on them all the time, chasing them down and...

I'll be giving her some eggs and oatmeal once I get this treated. Have some Sulmet to put in her water. She's a salmon faverolle, age 1 year and 2 months

My favorite chicken just got attacked by a dang dog. It took her feathers out and consequently, the skin on the back of her neck, above her wing blades. it's about a 2 inch patch exposed when I look under her feathers. I"m finding conflicting advice about how to treat. Details: her mouth...

Oh my goodness that gold spangled is the most beautiful spitzhauben I've ever seen!!! I want. :)

This is my second crested silver spangled appenzeller spitzhauben. (I LOVE saying that!! Lol). She's about 4ish months in this pic. Just like the bantam one I had, she is my favorite! These three are the "new girls" to the flock, i have 3 more that are a hear older. But there are definitely...

Hahaha...natural instincts..right? I would try to hide them from me too! It's so odd though because MingMing, the one that gave the nest away has like, a blow horn when she lays an egg in the coop (and I agree about the big nasty human boxes! Lol). But she'd go on FOREVER! And since she...

Yay!! Thank you for sharing!! :) Getting some today.

Bunnylady, thank you for being so supportive and sharing that information! I took that loss really hard! After I bolstered their security, I did what any chicken obsessed person would do...I ran out and returned with 3 juvenile pullets! A black sexlink, salmon faverolle and an appenzeller...

So, I thought our chickens had stopped laying eggs over the last 2 weeks because they had been pigging out on all the raspberries and blackberries in their yard. But yesterday when I thought our lemon amerucana was stuck and wedged into a bramble, she had left by the time I got back with my...

So, my wonderful copper maran was killed by a raccoon this morning. So now I have 3 hens left but am wondering if I should get 8 week old pullets now or wait until next spring. It's at the tail end of chick season here. Irridessa (RIP) was the alpha so as far as the psychology goes, I don't...

I must be a pushover...I have yet to keep them in the coop for a whole day since the first two days that they transferred into it. Mostly now, it's because of our loudmouth "MingMing". I swear! That one is a piece of work! If she's not let out by 7:30-8:00 am she broadcasts to the entire...

Woo! I've been chopping down blackberry bushes for the last couple days...found a couple really awesome spots they "should" choose but no secret stashes yet... lol She lays our jumbos, and is still too young for free rent! I need to fix this! haha

Hi Y'all! Sooo, I have a chicken, wellsummer, just turned 1 year old and for the last 3 days, she hasn't laid any eggs that I have seen. She's a little skittish and not particularly people friendly but she's been laying once a day with the other girls. She's at the bottom of the hierarchy and...

Hmm, I live in pdx, OR and I'm in a similar situation. 2 easter eggers, 1 barred rock, 1 wellsummer. (Already lost my favorite girl, my apenzeller spitzhauben :( ) anyhoos, all were born around April 11th. Only one is laying. I was told by my friend, 'chicken Pete' to do the low watt light...

oh ok, that's interesting. They can start molting before they start laying eggs? Also, the weather has been consistently 80-95 degrees over this past month. I have another EE from the same catch of eggs, so to speak and she's not molting. I guess this is a personal thing? Or perhaps some...