Recent content by Myjenny

Looking for an automatic, programmable door opener/closer that will work on either of these coop doors. The screen one, or the square one. I work 2 hrs from home, hubby has upcoming business trips, and our son is moving out in a month. No one will be home to let them in and out after that. I...

Chickens don’t have noses!

Less in the summer, the nights in Seattle are short. More often as it gets dark and rainy=more time in the roost. I have a pull out drawer with plastic trays. No bedding, they use ladders and hop to get to the roosts so no feet in poop. The poop dries up in the summer and shrinks; in winter it’s...

Baby #3 has olive legs, so maybe some colored Easter eggs!

Unbeknownst to me, my DH sprayed a nest of wood ants with the above mentioned pesticides while cleaning and burning some old lumber in the backyard. It was Spectracide Wasp and Hornet Spray. He later informed me how great it was that our theee laying hens were having such fun chasing and eating...

Thanks! I’ll give it a while, I usually have to keep chickens OUT of the boxes! And no, I don’t light them.

Hello, I live in the Seattle, WA area, and this is my third batch of chickens since 2014, so I have some experience. However, Patty is stumping me. She is a Golden Comet, or Red Star, 5 months old (that breed has many names). I have had them before; and they lay the biggest brown egg almost...

I am having much the same problem. My Arucana suddenly stopped laying and hasn't for a week now. I live near Seattle, and the days are rapidly getting longer. I have 6 chickens, and most days I get 4-6 eggs. One day I got 7??!! Lucy started laying when everyone else did, but abruptly stopped...

OK, cool! I was debating on getting some EE's next Spring, now I don't have to. Thanks a bunch!

Here are some close ups of Lucy's comb. Is it a pea comb? Also, she has olive-colored feet. I think she may definitely be an Easter Egger masquerading as a Golden-Laced. They are blue-er than this pic shows.

Here is Ethel, the Silver Leghorn. See, no crest at all.

OK here are some photos. The pic doesn't do them justice, the eggs are really a nice shade of sky blue. Here is Lucy.

I chose them from the flock on this farm, they only had the two types of pullets. I just picked the largest, healthiest looking one from each type and took them home. I wonder if there was a CL in their shipment, but doesn't seem likely since they are so rare and expensive. Probably the other...

OK, tomorrow I will get a photo of each and try to post them on here. I had to work today, but my hubby said that the Golden Wyadotte (?) was in the nest box that had the blue egg, but I assumed that she wouldn't be laying yet, as her comb is so small. I will (try to) post pics of both tomorrow...