Recent content by ricsike62

Definitely one of the younger ones, I caught her sneaking into the nest box this morning.

Thanks for your reply, I'll keep my eyes open during the coming week. I'm really not sure what breeds I have - they have all been "over the fence" presents (either in chicken or egg form) from our neighbour. This is the small egg, between two regular eggs.

At the beginning of May we hatched seven chicks from eggs our neighbour gave us. Two turned out to be Roos, leaving us five beautiful girls. These joined our existing flock of five 18 month old ladies and their protector, Barry the Rooster. Of the five original ladies, one has never laid. She...

I started keeping a journal from the beginning of the year, just for curiosity. I enter the number of eggs collected during the day onto an excel spreadsheet - that calculates monthly and yearly (thinking ahead) totals. Yes, I have FAR too much time on my hands... As of yesterday I average...

In Hungarian it's csirke - pronounced cheer-ka (sort of)... Not sure about rooster. I think it's kakas - ko-kosh.

Oh dear, please don't tell my wife that chickens were the only reason I came to Hungary. She's under the impression I was fulfilling a promise that I made before we were married - that I would one day bring her home. Thank you everyone for this wonderful welcome. We moved here less than three...

I retired to Hungary from the UK after working for 27 years in the railway industry. Having always lived in the city, I really wanted to live in the country - and raise chickens. We currently have 9 - not yet at the laying stage - and I am amazed at the things they get up to. I found BYC a...