Recent content by GoldenCometLady

Chances are it is dark in the coop. Put a little lite on and I bet they go right in. If you dont have electric in the coop you can use a flashlight or battery camping lamp just until they get in. After they get used to going inside before dark probably in about 3 days you can stop putting a...

I would like to address the question about the garden. Chickens can wreck havoc in your raised beds. They will completely unearth newly planted seed and young plants. They also eat the plants so can make short work of your garden in no time. I would advise fencing of your garden where the...

One of my chicken passed this mass and my husband discovered on the floor of the coop with several of the hens trying to eat it. He said all the chickens were there and seemed fine but of course he never examined them or wouldn't even know what to look for. I have several pictures of it and was...

Wood county West Virginia here. Just found this forum. I have Golden Comets and EEs. I would like to have some chocolate eggs too

Great info. I too have lung problems. I plan on getting the masks. Thanks for all the good advise.

I have 3 EE pullets that started laying about 6 wks ago. They all started with very tiny pullet eggs and were slow to increase in size. They just started to get a little bigger and BAMB 2 of them quit laying altogether. They other slowed to one or 2 a week. One started back after a week and they...

I am sorry! They all look like roos to me too:(

ChickKat Thank you so much for answering my post. I can't tell you how I appreciate all the researh you did. From what I have read of your answer I am thinking the low protien is the problem. It takes protien to make feathers as well as eggs. I must make sure that they get the extra protien...

We have had a problem with the white of our eggs. For a few weeks now they have been too thin and runny the larger the egg the thinner the white. They spread out in the skillet like a really old store egg. Shoot! these are fresh and gathered twice a day at least. They are fed 16% laying...

My original hens 16mos are going through a molt now. They are looking kind of tacky with no real bald spots. Some days all will lay an egg and other days just about half of them are laying. I have been giving them raw fish scrapes about 2x a week but have been wondering if they could benefit...

Last year from my first flock of chickens I admired the first eggs for a couple of days then we ate them. I made an exception this year when my first EEs started laying. They were so tiny and a pretty blue/green I wanted to save them so blew them out and made scrambled eggs to eat. I have a...

I have noticed some of my girls make honking sounds on occasions. I think it must be normal.

HI! I would put the bully in chicken jail for a couple of days. Then when you let her out she will be at the bottom of the pecking order. If you have a dog cage it works great of you can section of a part of the coop where she can't be with the other hens.

My first little blue/green egg. Have had 3 EEs since the first of March. Seemed like this day would never come. I dont know for sure which one of the 3 laid the egg but have been watching the one making a nest on top of a straw bale and that is where it was found. Now I hope the other 2 get...

Just read a post on here about the rooster being too young to fertilize eggs. Whats the deal on that? If they breed the hen you mean there is a chance the eggs wont be fertile?? I only have young roosters. Dont tell me if I have a hen go broody now her eggs wont hatch?