Hi, guys!!!
I've had a couple very disappointing mornings with nasty tasting eggs. Not nasty like they'd gone bad - but gross tasting. Not the normal yumminess I expect from my girls. The second day I narrowed it down to one of my brown eggs, and I've been trying to figure out what one of my...
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We got a mixed flock of baby chicks that turned 4 weeks old today - they were all supposed to have the same hatch date of 8/15... We do have a silkie, and were expecting to see a size difference between her and the others, but man! Our Delaware chick seems huge compared to our SL...
I'm trying to get my girls to switch over to a bucket nipple waterer - of course I chose today of all days to do it... it's super hot in RVA! Since it's so hot and they still haven't caught on, should I put another water supply in their run? I don't want them to be affected by the heat without...
Hi, everyone! I'm Leigh, a homeschooling mom in Virginia... who has always talked a big talk about "one day" owning chickens... A friend just called me on it and gave me 3 chickens to start my own little brood. After converting a dog-house into a coop and building my own run, we pick up the...