Recent content by Jeepcarpenter

Geez, nope. Horrible timeline. Wife corrected me; Buffy, Hei-Hei and ... are actually 3.5 months, Ez and the marans are 17 weeks. Well I guess Buffy May need a new name then. A brethren cockerel of theirs was already given permanent residence down on my sisters acreage, he showed quite...

And these are our first hatches, the old ladies as we call them. Ez(merelda) was originally believed to be a hen and did have the French boots but grew out of them. Roo his brother that passed was known from the start (presumed due to leadership) and already had far more colour and tail...

This is Buffy, an unnamed pullet and Hei-hei, our runt and slow featherer. They are supposed to be black-lace Wyandotte but have come to think Buffy and Hei Hei are Easter eggers (Hei Hei also doesn’t seem to have a tail), and the unnamed girls is a black lace, but unsure yet. These girls are 4...

Hey all, still new here and new to chickens in general. We weren’t too particular about what eggs we got upon getting into the hobby early this spring, we just wanted to dive in and get our feet wet. Originally we had planned to get a random couple dozen eggs and go from there. When the...

Well I would try putting something closer to that area that they prefer to huddle in, branches are great but should be decent size (at least 1.5”-2” diameter), chairs are fine (as long as they like them, most don’t prefer plastic or metal), dog crate sometimes work I have found our girls don’t...

No expert here, but I would agree pullet as it looks exactly like our 1 australorp and 3 bcm; pullets/hens a few months back. I believe this is them at that point, with our Roo at the bottom/on my arm.

I believe it’s around 6-8months but not certain.

Don’t take this as something stop your concern if you believe that something is actually wrong, but we did notice our hens sounded more like geese honking when they were just starting to use their voices for more than just peeps.. infact, they still do for the most part and they are 4-5 months...

Having roosts at the same level has helped our pecking order stabilize rather than incurring more tension, but we still have separate groups or cliques in the flock (3wk older Marans)[barred rocks]<everyone else> At 2.5-3months there was a lot of disruption, more-so after losing the lead Roo...

I don’t know about others, but roosters were one of the main concerns of ours before getting into it. We were reassured by many farmers and my sis that there are always options, just some take time and effort and others take choices. If you can accept that they may be food at some point there...

New to chickens, and to this community; from the Kawartha’s, near Lindsay, Ontario. On agricultural land but still in a grey area of the bylaw’s 😬.. but for now all is well and fine, and the neighbours love the new entertainment channel and pest services we installed. Currently are not...

Thank you. 🥰. We have 2 13yr schnoodles which are sisters (Bailey and Roxy), and the last 2 of a line of dogs kept in the family. As well we have a 3yr boxer/American bulldog named Maximus and will be picking up our new unnamed girl within a few weeks, she is a Labradoodle. Kalista, our...

Simply answering the example Q’s in the intro sticky for the bio, but we were rather awkward about getting into chickens as well, figured it might be worth stating as much info as thought of at least to show circumstance and situational response, maybe ease someone else’s mind about getting into...

Good afternoon, New member, though not entirely new to the community.. you guys have all been a grand help as to date.. and well rather than lurking in the shadows, figured to join in the splendor. Wife and I have wanted chickens for many years but always waiting for that perfect parcel of...