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About an hour ago, I got my first egg from my chickens! I believe I know which one it came from, too. I had let them out to free range a field I had just mowed and Comet (red sex link) had stayed in the run instead of running out with the others. I went back out about 30 minutes later and she...

Every night before I secure the coop for the evening, I usually sit on my bench in the pen and watch my 8 pullets (15 wks). About a week and a half ago, one of my Golden Comets jumped up on my lap. This became an every evening event, with everyone else eventually trying it out as well. Tonight...

Around 6:30 this morning I heard a lot of "music". In the barely awake condition I was in, I thought it sounded like the wild turkey hens we have running around in the woods. So I got out of bed and went to go let my girls out of the coop. When I opened the back door to walk out, I realized the...

When should I start adding Oyster Shell to my girls diet? They are 12 weeks old and are currently finishing off a bag of Grower crumbles. Should I start feeding Layer pellets now? They also free range, whenever they decide to come out of their coop, which is not that often right now. Thanks...

When should I start adding Oyster Shell to my girls diet? They are 12 weeks old and are currently finishing off a bag of Grower crumbles. They also free range, whenever they decide to come out of their coop. Thanks for your help!

Today I moved my girls into their new coop. They have been hanging out in the basement in two separate areas ( 2 were received a few weeks after the first 6). The introduction of my GLW & Buff Orp to the Golden Comets, went very well. They were so confused by being in a new place, they didn't...

For those of you using an electronet (I have the one from Premier 1 Supplies), how are you connecting the energizer to the fence? I have a Zareba SP3B Solar charger, which I have connected to the ground rods (stripped insulated wire through ground clamp). I have then connected it to the fence...

I was hanging some suet feeders outside for the birds when I thought about my chickens and figured they might like some, as well. I put a new feeder with berry suet in for them. They cautiously walked up to this new contraption and ever so slowly got closer. One of them did the quickest peck in...

Wow, I was just sitting on my back porch, having a wonderful "Folgers moment" when I heard what seemed like music to my ears. Off in the distance I heard a rooster crow. I only started my life with chickens a month ago (but am hopelessly addicted!) and I only have laying hens. I have been...

Hello Everyone, I have been reading these forums and visiting BYC for the past year. On April 22nd, I finally got 6 chicks. My 5 & 10 year old nephews went to TSC during Chick Days and decided it was about time I stopped reading about chickens and actually had some. They brought me 6 red sex...