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Y'all. I had a broody hen that hatched out 9 adorable EE fluff balls for us on April 15. I shut mama bird and babies in our chicken run by themselves until the babies got a little bigger. Sunday night something climbed the post to our run, tore a 4" hole in the bird netting at the top and...

Morning all ... I may be excited and putting the cart before the horse here .. but the past couple days, my EE hen has been hogging both the nest boxes and filling them with feathers. She's been so ornery to the other gals, they've started laying in the floor. She puffs up and grumbles and...

Vet came out to do shots last week and asked me how long had my mare, Izzy, had a cresty neck .. I noticed it last fall after I took a picture while riding. The phone did one of those 5 second clips and when I watched it, there was a lot of extra movement in her neck that was unsettling. Add to...

I've been wanting to brag and share my excitement a little .. so maybe y'all can help me out a little and give me some input. You see, I have no idea what to call the color of this EE hen: .. but I crossed her with this guy: .. and got a mess of these little beauties, who look like...

This is probably going to be a long post ... We have a small flock: 12 hens (about a year old) and an EE roo. I had two EE hens because I like the egg colors, but lost one of them over the winter. My second EE comes back into lay two weeks ago .. and wouldn't you know it one of the Australorps...

Hi!! I've been reading all kinds of cool stuff on this board for over a year now. I think it's time to stop lurking and actually participate. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes .. well, we bought our first chicks from the hardware store in 3/17. (2) How many...