Recent content by LonestarVol

Wow! It's nice to know they bounce 😊👍🏻 Room is not an issue for my coop. I originally built it as an A-Frame, then added on, and on, and on as my new-found fowl addiction grew. The earlier pics I posted were taken this morning at the time of the post. This is what I've done for momma and the...

My only concern with that is that the bearing box she chose is about four feet of the ground and only accessible by a ladder. If the checks fell from there I'm sure it wouldn't be beneficial to their well-being. She's behind the left, blue curtain. I was thinking of making the space in the top...

This girl isn't at the top of the pecking order but somewhere around the higher middle, I'd say. Thank you!

That's pretty much exactly what I'd hoped to hear. I have a portion of the coop I can section off. I firmly believe the more exposure to the flock from day one would be far better than a separate box, six to eight weeks... and all that stuff. 👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you for your input!!

I have twenty hens and two roos. They all free range together all day long. I have a broody lady sitting on four eggs. She is utilizing one of the less popular nesting boxes. It's in the center of the coop and accessed only by a ladder. It's been about ten days now. The eggs were laid just a few...

Personally, I have never done a quarantine over the past three years I have been raising chickens. I generally keep around 15 - 20 hens and I have one roo. I live in the country and my flock free-ranges from dawn until dusk. We do occasionally lose some to predators. When this happens, I will...

I agree 100% with CrazyChickLady64. We live in the country and free-range from dawn to dusk. We do tend to lose chickens now and then to predators. We always wait until we lose at least four hens before we replace any. I never buy a single hen or pullet. I may not get all of the replacements at...

Sapphire Gem

Sapphire Gems. Mine layed well over 300 this past year and never slowed down over winter. Large, with many double-yolk jumbos, brown eggs. They are beautiful birds that eat out of my hands.

Sounds like a kid with a pellet gun. 😕

These didn't come from a breeder, just an individual in the area. The other eggs are there just for size reference, but I failed to mention that. They all three produce the blueish or greenish eggs.

Hello. These three hens are probably around a year old now. They are of medium size, all black, and their eggs are medium size and appear to be blue-green-ish. I've sent pics to three hatcheries and all they can tell me is that they are a hybrid.