Search results for query: *

My 3 EEs are all different. One has more reddish/brown feathers (more like a female pheasant). One has much more slate grey. One we called Ducky because as a teenager she looked more like a male mallard in coloration. My sister has a few from the same batch that are mainly white with some rust...

I know that several of you in the mid-Michigan area have wrote about family members who have rabbits. My sister in Charlotte needs a home ASAP for a male Miniature Velveteen Rex rabbit, age 4. The rabbit was originally my mom's before she went into Hospice care. Bun-Bun is free to a new home...

Quote: I have one EE with all toes on one foot curled to the point of not being usable since about 2 months old. We occasionally have to clip her nails so they don't dig into her ankle. I complete agree with Sam about not probably not preventing much of a problem. Curly only uses the base...

I love them! Made me smile thinking of my girls. Out of my 9 hens I've got 3 EEs and two lay blue eggs on one is more olive and the rest are different shades of brown.

Snowflake - thanks for sharing about your daughter. Your heartfelt reminder is a good for all of us. I feel bad for your loss and it made me think about my great niece. She is 14 and was diagnosed RDS about a year ago. She got a leg cut goofing off on the farm and didn't think too much about...

Raz, I loved your "Sun" egg. I had a surprize when I gathered eggs yesterday afternoon. There was this huge blue soft shell egg in the box. I gently lifted it out and carried it in the house to weigh. It was 110 grams but it felt like something hard was inside. I broke open the soft shell in...

He goes to TSC and picks up some chicks.

They did get a half of a head of red cabbage yesterday morning to peck on. There is still a bit left but they did eat most of it. That might be it. They don't act like they are sick. They are eating, laying eggs (5 from 9 already today and the temps ranged from 11 - a high of 28 today) and...

My nine hens are about a year old and have been pretty much healthly and happy. This morning I found the following bright blue/green poop. A few minutes ago I went out to check on the girls and found that several of them are pooping the same bright blue/green poop. I've done some checking...

2/07 - 6 2/08 - 2 2/09 - 8 2/10 - 8 2/11 - 5 plus our first soft shell. It was rather dark in the coop when I collected the last eggs and closed up the girls. I could see an egg in the top nest and reached for it - then then quickly recoiled my hand. I didn't know what I had a hold of but...

No rooster. Sweetie is one of our friendliest hens and she is at the top of the pecking order. Today's egg has one small fused-crack (probably impossible to see in this picture) in the middle of a thicker, a bit darker middle band. I'm concerned that she may have an egg laying problem - but...

Thanks. That really does make sense. I'll watch to see if I notice anything unusual going on.

I collect my eggs several times a day on most days - and did collect them 3 times on the two days that this happened. The only two eggs that I have had freeze were both laid outside in the pen and this is very different. The 9 girls share 3 nesting boxes but the two eggs that I've had like...

I have a small flock of 9 hens that are 43 weeks old. All of the girl have been good egg layers even in this cold Michigan weather. I have one Buff Orp that has started to lay eggs with well "marbled" groves throughout the shell - almost through the shell. These eggs have not been dropped nor...

The only problem I see is that it isn't my kitchen...

Went out this morning for chicken duty. With a flock of only 9 hens, it usually take only a couple of minutes. The following happened in less than one minute: Opened the door between the shed and our 5x10 coop. Everyone was mingling and expecting breakfast. Poured some warm water in the water...

On my second cup now and thankful that I retired last summer. Didn't have to brave the drive to work and I'm enjoying the view out my window. The cardinals look amazing against the snow.

I've got 9 hens and no roos. One EE hen (Ducky, bottom of the pecking order) has been pecked on so much the last couple of days that she has a large bald spot on her head. Prior to the balding, someone had slowly removed all off Ducky's beard and muff over the previous month or so. I spend...

I have a digital thermometer that also measures outdoor humidity. The humidity has been in the 70's. I haven't been able to measure the humidity in the coop to see if it is reading around what the outdoor humidity is. I've got pretty good ventilation. I just remembered that one of my...

Will any of the comb grow back?