Recent content by Leeloo11400

Thank you for your help. Her comb is its usual color, but it hasn't been very long that she is walking like this. This wouldn't be her first egg, though. She been laying daily for about a month.

I have a young girl (6 months old) that hasn't been laying long at all. This evening she started walking like a penguin. My husband and I both tried to see if we could feel an egg (reading that she was likely egg-bound) and yet we cannot feel anything like an egg. Is there any other reason...

@Judy Thank you for responding and for the information. I don't really mind either way, I have never seen that before, though, so I wanted to get other's thoughts. Thank you. Leah

I have several baby chicks running around. A few I purchased (2 months old) and a few I hatched (few weeks younger). Yesterday afternoon the babies were dust bathing when one of my hatched chicks jumped on the back of a squatted female baby. Now, I know that they are not of breeding age, but...

I'm so glad you haven't had anymore problems. The coop is good. We finished it this past weekend and so far so good. We haven't had any other problems. I still let the flock out during the day (if I'm here) and keep them closed up tight at night. So far this seems to be working out. I...

@donraeThank you for the information. I do know that at my local tractor supply there is an advertisement with a picture of a rooster that my kiddos pointed out, looks just like our Ace. :D Egg color isn't especially important, nor is breed, unless a certain mix would cause harm. My main focus...

Ace, up close. I was told he is an EE, but I've never been sure.

Exactly! We usually don't hear much at all from our two girls that lay. That's why it was so obvious yesterday. She gave us an earful.

Great picture! There are some great colors there. Thanks for sharing! I didn't know anything about the Red Stars. I got both Lucy and Ethel from MIL after they started laying and she was insistent (as she usually is, but shhhhhh, don't tell her I said that) that if we hatched babies this...

Thank you for the great information!! I love learning new chicken information! It is definitely a subject that I do not get tired of. That also makes much more sense to me than thinking all but one chick that hatched is male (although I'd love them either way...even with 10 crowing roosters...

The guy there is my rooster, Ace. I believe he is an EE rooster (but please correct me if I am wrong) and he is stunning. I am so very fond of him. The two reds you see there are Red Stars and they, at the time, were my only layers. We have since lost one (sweet Lucy) to a predator ...

Black Australorp...She made a huge fuss for 20 minutes before and by the end sounded like she was being killed. Finally she took off running to the nest box and then announced for 5 minutes that she had laid a beautiful egg. I tell you, it's as if she had laid all three by herself. Such a...

A bobcat is something I had never thought of. Beyond my former high school's mascot, I didn't think there are any bobcats around, but after hearing from several people, that could be it. In the meantime though, we got so distracted by building a better coop that I forgot to set a trap. So far...

Thank you for your insight! I am starting to think raccoon. We are setting a live trap and making plans for protection. I really hope I can do a better job at protecting my lovelies. Leah

Our neighbor saw two hawks flying about. Could this be it? I have literal backyard chickens; a fenced backyard, in a neighborhood, next to a major highway. There isn't really a place for a bobcat to hide. I wouldn't think anyway (Not that I know much about bobcats). Raccoons and possums we...