Recent content by nekomi

I'm looking to add to my flock, and am seeking fertile hatching eggs of the following: -Easter Eggers/Ameracaunas - ESPECIALLY interesting colors! Splash, blue, etc. -WC Blue Polish, Buff-Laced Polish -Any interesting "mixed breed" birds - tell me what you have, pics would be great! Thanks!

Title says it all! I'm planning on redoing my run this year, and want to find an inexpensive source of hardware cloth. What size rolls do you guys typically buy, and how much are they? Where do you get them? All I can find is tiny 4' x 4' sheets and such at my local Lowe's and Home Depot. I...

I call "Heeeeeeere, chick chick chick chickeeeeeeeees" or "chick chicks" and they all come running! Even if they've snuck onto the neighbor's acreage (which my neighbor is totally cool with) they will come flapping in from all directions. Friends get a kick out of it, they can't believe how...

Hi everyone, I have an adult White Leghorn hen who was injured this morning. I'm not sure what happened, but when I went out to feed the flock this morning and tidy up the coop, I found one of my White Leghorn hens with her neck and chest covered in blood! I scooped her up and carried her...

Hi everyone, My chickens have been going crazy lately, eating all the mushrooms that are popping up in the yard. No one is acting sick or odd in any way, but I'm concerned... if my chickens ate a poisonous mushroom, are their eggs still safe to eat?? If they keep going back and eating more...

Thanks for the good questions, it's actually very helpful. I'm a chicken newbie (she is one of my first hens, raised from day-olds this year). It was actually cool outside today, high 60's, low 70's. She's perked up just a tad, making some quiet clucks that she wasn't before. But, it's...

OK, she had a bowel movement, it's very runny, mostly clear with a little white, and some runny brown poo. Was that graphic enough for everyone?

Now that she's inside, I'm also noticing a bit of a noisy breathing... like a soft "whuff whuff" sound, not all the time, just noticed that sound before she clucked a little.

Tonight, I noticed one of my 7 month old Ameracauna hens acting unusual. This was my 2nd checkup of the day (I look over my birds carefully in the morning and evening), and this morning everything seemed fine. 1) What type of bird , age and weight. Ameracauna hen, recently began laying...

Hi everyone, I'm about to start incubating my first clutch of eggs! They are Speckled Sussex eggs from Bargain. My big question is how to turn the eggs. I'm thinking of trying the egg-carton method but I don't think the usual method of turning (placing a block under the incubator) will work...

Hi everyone, I have 14 chickens right now, soon to be adding a few more! I have a mixed flock with several different breeds. I'd like to know what preparations everyone would suggest for my first winter with chickens... they are free-range right now, but will they continue to range throughout...

14 here! (and counting!)

Breed: White Leghorn Name: N/A Breed: Silver-Laced Polish Name: Thirteen and Fourteen Breed: Barred Rock Name: N/A Breed: EE Name: Chip Caption: And you thought chickens didn't have facial expressions! Breed: White Sultan Name: Boots Caption: I didn't need no stinking bath! Breed...

Just thought I'd post pics of my White-Crested Polish, who recently went broody, and her nest! She settled in among the hostas growing alongside my barn. Tonight she'll be moved to a dedicated broody box, and we'll see how things go from there! I don't have any roosters, so her eggs aren't...

Thanks SO MUCH for all the opinions, everyone. She turned out to be a hen. Today when I walked up to her, she did the classic laying-age-hen-squat. So I think that pretty much confirms it, right? Thanks again!