Recent content by kmixon

I will give it a shot!! thanks.

how long does change or stress cause a hen to stop laying? I have 5, 14month old hens and 4, emonth old pullets. all around the same time we expanded the run, slowly intgrated the babies, changed feed (flock raiser since babies arent laying w/ free choice oyster shell) and the lost on of the...

this made me laugh. love momma protecting her kids!!

this is our run in the middle of expansion. we were free ranging the girls, but are tired of poop on the porch and patio and dont were going to need to fence off our garden anyway, so we decided to expand. the original run is the tall 4x4s and was completely closed and covered. we are debating...

so cold winter weather should be no problem then? some mornongs, i'm sure the eggs are colder outside than my fridge lol

Not my house....outside! once i bring them in fro the nesting boxes, they will be outside temp amd get warmer in my house. but since they are already cold should they go to the fridge?

Ok, I know I can store my eggs on the counter if they are UNwashed, and never been refridgerated. but my husband raised a good question tonight.....what about during the winter? does the cold weather count as being refridgerated? and thus my eggs can not stay on the counter?

mine slept in the corner in a pile for a while too. i finally picked one up and put her on the roost and it was like they had never seen it lol. after that they all started sleeping there.

I am hoping that is how it will be! *fingers* crossed! Now if my other 3 would start laying.....

So I know that when they first start laying they are not very regular. And that when the weather gets cooler/winter sets they slow down production too. If I have girls that just started laying, what should I expect for the cooler weather? Will it just vary from chick to chick? My girls are...

technically my 2nd egg, because the 1st got stepped on in the run. i'm pretty sure it is from my silver laced wynadotte.

The aquarium is a lot of fun! Here is a shot of it before we moved to VA. http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g108/tinkle_bunny/Aquarium/DSCN7290.jpg

Thank you! Still waiting on egg #2!

Hi! my name is Kim. I am happily married to my Navy Diver. We have 2 beautiful daughters, 2 cats, 210gal aquarium and 5 chickens. I have 2 RIR, 2 EE and 1 Silver Laced Wynadotte. The girls were born the beginning of April 2012 and I just got my frist egg 2 days ago ( and still waiting on the...