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There could end up being 3, but one hatched last night! She's in a regular nesting box in our coop - what should I do now? Are they OK to stay there? (I have another broody beside her). The other laying hens usually try to get in that box to lay throughout the day, and I don't want the babe...

My Blue Maran hen has been sitting on eggs quite a bit over the last 2 weeks. She'll sit on the eggs but then seems to get up to let the other hens lay theirs. (It's the favourite nest of course.) We don't have a rooster, so we keep taking them all away from her. Last night she was still...

My friend will be incubating some of her Blue Splash Maran's eggs fertilized by her Blue Wheaten Ameraucana roo to create an Olive Egger mix. I'm curious what colour chicks are possible from those genetics!

This little one will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. It's unsexed, but we wanted to take a chance and see if we could end up with a pullet because the frizzle is just so darn cute! I was told that cochins were easy to sex early, but I don't have any others as a reference. Any ideas?

We've noticed in the last few weeks that our 16 week old lavender orp Silvie's feather are not straight and smooth like our Buff (or any of our other birds). Is this a type of frizzling? Any thoughts? Sorry about the instagram iphone pics!

I wanted to start a thread for all of us urban "farmers" who wish that they actually were on farmland! I wish that as a young, naive 24 year old I could have thought more about the long term, because darn it - real estate here was so cheap 8 years ago! Now with the inflation in real estate...

Our coop is new as of October and we've had chickens out there since the beginning of November. We have 8 hens. The coop is 32sqft and 8 feet high. It has a window that is 6ftX2ft on the one side and then another vent above the door. It is SO damp this time of year in BC - it's hard for...

Sorry it's sideways, I forgot that I couldn't rotate it! Our 3 Easter Eggers hate it when she wears these boots - the give her heck every time! Funny birds http://player.vimeo.com/video/56568732

After our adventure of raising 29 chicks in the house, we finally have our finished flock! Hot Mash! Our brand new Blue Birchen Maran named Eloise! She's a little muddy :) Lavender Orp Sylvie, BLRW Lacie, and BCM Moll Flanders Love the lacing! Our new Buff Orp named Mabel...

I picked up 5 hens this morning and everything looked fine. We just got to the ferry and I noticed that the splash had a clear nose bubble. Eek! When it breathes, it's wattles are moving more than the others. It wasn't apparent when I picked it up. I just put a little bit of Timothy hay and...

I'm picking up 5 hens today for a friend and I. We're keeping 2 - which ones? We have 3 Easter eggers, a black copper maran, a blue laced red Wyandotte, and a lavender Orpington We're picking up a buff Orpington, a blue birchen maran, a splash maran, an Ameraucana and a welsummer. Which are...

I had some organic buckwheat groats that needed to be used up, so I cooked them up today and mixed them with our layer mash, chopped up some apples and put it out for my pullets It's the first time that they've had a hot mash. The 3 EE's hopped over - took a few bites and then ran over to me...

We've lived in our home on a 1/3rd acre for almost 8 years now. Unfortunately the man who built the house LOVED concrete. Our driveway runs up, beside the house and then half of our backyard is a parking lot that we don't use. It's been handy for our daughter to learn to ride her bike, but...

It is really, really wet right now! It rains here consistently from November-March and we have a brand new run. It was put in on dirt and I've spread a layer of sand in there, but it's turned to a muddle mess of puddles! Any ideas what we can use in the floor of the run to make it less messy...

People have been fighting for this (or against it) for years but finally - FINALLY! http://prpeak.com/articles/2012/12/21/news/doc50d10b7ce601a461705967.txt Now I can show off my girls on FB without a worry!

Last chance for these beautiful 12 week old roos! Free, you just pay shipping! The Easter Eggers are White with Red Lacing, One is grey with red lacing. If you are interested, please PM me before the 21st!

Little One is a 13 week old Easter Egger, who's Mom was a blue wheaten ameraucana. She was about a third of the size of all of our other chicks, and is still about half the size. I'm wondering what colour she would be considered, and if you have any idea what she could be crossed...

I'm working on some names for 3 of the remaining pullets- I'd like to start calling them something! Any suggestions? We seem to be going on a sassy female literary character theme! This is Anne Shirley This is "Little One" and needs a new name This is Nellie Olsen Any ideas...

My husband is getting used to our chickens, and has expressed interest in a Polish Frizzle hen. I'd love to encourage any kind of interest that has to do with chickens! After our recent rooster heavy chick raising, I'd prefer to find a young, sexed pullet. I'm in coastal BC and feeling like...

I've sorted out all of my Marans, Sussex, and most of my Orps and BLRW, but these darn EE's! We have I have 8 definite roos to unload this week, and holy cow. Hopefully not too many more... Out of our hatch of 28, we were really hoping for at least 12 hens!! So far I have 8 definite hens 9...