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I am having the same issue...looks like a pillow fight has been going on for about 1 1/2 months. I have 7- 2 yr olds & this is their first "hard" molt. Hence, one egg every 2 days from 7 hens. It's been like this for about 2 -3 weeks. Plus the days are getting short. They were very good...

Hannakat - Many thanks!!! We have pupae hatching along at an incredible rate. I guess that goes along with our chickens now starting to lay. Our little RIR Clarita is an egg laying machine. 4 eggs in 5 1/2 days & just started laying last Sunday. My DH & I made one of your 3 drawer systems &...

For us, we didn't intend to quit smoking just to substitute. But I found that I liked the taste so much & realized, what the heck, let's give this a try. Worked like a champion. I just never pressured myself to quit. Like Chook-a-holic said, think of it as a brand change. Absolutely love...

Totally agree with Chook-a-holic. Do some research, check out ECF forum (lots of very informed & expert people) & find what best suits your needs. The cheap ones you buy in a store or in a mall kiosk are expensive junk that may cause you not to have success. Call any of the companies that sell...

DH & I are absolutely thrilled!!! 20 Weeks, 4 Days & our very first egg. Meet Mom, Dad, & Baby Dad - Rudy the Roo - BO - so far very gentlemanly. The other girls don't enjoy his "company" yet. :) Mom - Sweet Clarita - RIR (thought she was a puppy for a while the way she follows us around)...

Quote: I still am amazed!! She went into the coop tonight as if nothing happened. She's my "homing chicken", maybe I'll change her name to Homer.

I was very sad 4 days ago when I went to do my chicken head count ~4:00 PM. That's about the time they start gathering at the coop from free ranging for the night. Well, I'm down one RIR pullet. (My chickens are only 3 1/2 months old.) I looked all over for her, looked for feathers, looked for...

Quote: Well, go figure. The first night that we used our heater it did not get below 38 degrees. So no real test. That's the first night in 2 weeks that it hasn't been below 30.

Finished our first anti-freezing waterer Christmas cookie tin. $2 total cost (thrift store) & voila, one heater. Works great & took 10 minutes to assemble.

Quote: We're going away for a few days & don't want my girls to go thirsty. So we are going to make a cookie tin waterer today. It doesn't get real cold here at night - mid 20's, but I am going to use the pipe insulation in the can & try a 25 watt chandelier bulb. This well be awesome. Can't...

& from Oregon. I am rather new to chickens, but had the same issue with my chickens. I put them in the coop at 5 weeks (got tired of them in the house brooder). My plan of attack was: 1. I put them in "lock down" IN the coop for the first 3 days. That way they got used to being in there &...

Congrats Braclin!!! I know how tough it is to quit. My hubby & I are on day 7 now. We chose to use e-cigs. They are working great for us. I am standing behind you 100%. You can do this.

Quote: (Note - bolded words are mine.) My hubby & I have been using e-cigs for 5 days now and no cigarettes. This is a major accomplishment for me as I have smoked a pack a day+ for more than 40 years. The e-cigs are really helping. I bought them because I wanted to have a substitute for when...

Al, congrats on the show. They are beautiful. A question - What do you do with your birds AFTER a show? Are they quarantined for X amount of days because they could have been exposed to something?

Gosh I posted last night, found my posting & there were about 10 additional pages of reading tonight. Great postings OTers . Love the info. Al, I read your story about your rooster. Too funny. There is so many hysterical postings. Thanks Bee for starting it. Question - What do you think of my...