Recent content by Jill G

Our initial flock (2020 - started during COVID) has blossomed. We went from 15 to 6 chickens (after rehoming roos and a couple of unfortunate wildlife encounters). We started with a Rugged Ranch coop and matching expanded fenced run, but then evolved to allowing the girls to free-range...

She has fluffed out and is now running around! Nature is so miraculous!

I’ve had a hatching chick with a sidelong air sac for at least 10 days (when I noticed it, long before lockdown). She incubated in a maticoopx along with 30 others (offspring of 6 different hens). She is egg #9. She went into lockdown at her time on 4/22/23 (18 days). She immediately rocked and...

There are two 5’ long roosts at the top, but the coop was designed to have lower roosts. That clearly doesn’t work. The problem is the nests, which have a front wooden piece on each that is out of “poop” range. The ladies that don’t flock to the top will perch on these and poop into the nests at...

Hello I have a Rugged Ranch coop and run, and 8 hens (of which two are bantams). Only 3-4 of them will roost where they’re supposed to - on the top perches. They knocked out and keep knocking out the lower perches, probably because they know they’ll be pooped on at night. The other 4-5 hens take...

So, I had originally read that barnevelders laid eggs at 28 weeks. My son brought us two blue double-laced barnevelder on 3/15/20, from a farm somewhere near San Luis Obisbo, CA. One turned out to be a roo, very handsome, but began crowing at 93 days, so we had to re-home him. Fortunately Betty...

My chickens are still young-ish (3-5 months). I watched a lot of YouTube videos and started a custom mix of whole wheat berries, groats, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, dried worms, split peas, millet, Wild birdseed mix, garlic powder, oregano, bee pollen, dried hops & barley (after beer was...