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  1. SixChickFlock

    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    I have four of the same chairs and my girls love them! At least they clean up well with the power sprayer. If you put out a more comfortable chair with a nice cushion, I bet Rico will roost there instead 😎 Cheers, Tim
  2. SixChickFlock

    Two soft shelled eggs in one day from the same hen

    Lazy Gardener, She seems really healthy and is laying 3-4 times a week with an occasional thin shell. As she gets used to the flock, her bossy personality is thriving! She is also putting on weight. She was pretty big when I found her and she seems to be getting bigger. I will keep a sharp...
  3. SixChickFlock

    Black Concord chickens

    Hi Barbara! After talking to the gal at Privett Hatchery and reading your post, I'm guessing (hoping!) that this particular BSL cross has different gender markers at hatch than the standard (maybe not, after further reading). Also assuming the Hatchery has tested the cross and actually shipped...
  4. SixChickFlock

    Black Concord chickens

    I kinda tracked down the Black Concord. They are a black sex link from Hoover's Hatchery. The nice gal on the phone couldn't tell me what the cross was. Their standard BSL cross is (she said) ProductionRed/BarredRock
  5. SixChickFlock

    Two soft shelled eggs in one day from the same hen

    Hello... I searched for this topic. A few weeks ago I adopted a hen found wandering the neighborhood. Yeah... Pretty common in Chicago. We guessed she's older... Maybe 6-8 years. A week after I found 1 egg out in the yard. It was a different shade than what I usually get. A few days later...
  6. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Way to go! I have been trading eggs for beer occasionally for a year now at a local microbrewery. Best trade so far was 18 eggs for a case of 24 short fills, which are 12 ounce bottles with not quite 12 ounces of extremely tasty fresh beer.
  7. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Last Saturday I finished tacking the plastic (clear shower curtain liners) outside the run walls, relocated the water/lamp so they would be less likely to tip it over, removed some litter from under the run roosts and dug into the compost in the run to keep it composty before adding a bunch of...
  8. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    I have three young girls who were hatched about 5/25/15. They began to lay in mid December and seem to be pretty regular by now.Two are EE and the third is RIR. Two green eggs around 52 grams and a large light brown at around 72 grams. Averaging 6 eggs a day (this week) from 11 hens. Looking...
  9. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Very nice read... Entertained me for days while I was reading it, and still does! "Why Did the Chicken Cross the World"
  10. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Just reading this today... I now have two hives. I'll be starting two more in the spring. Honeybees really don't bother humans. Oh, one will sting you if you open the hive after dark (and a few beers) to look inside for no reason at all... But for the most part, they are consumed with...
  11. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    For ChicagoClucker re Bees I added a couple bee hive this year. My free ranging flock of 13 is not interested in them at all. This time of year it is easy to find aging bees all over the yard on the ground... The chickens avoid them. Not afraid but not food. Glad your gal is back to normal!
  12. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Holiday weekend update: I was out of town for most of the past week. When I returned before dusk last night the babies looked like they had chosen a new roosting site outside of the coop under some brush. They are very flighty so it was impossible to catch them, and herding didn't work so...
  13. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Chicago Clucker... In the middle of spring I had one broody. And then I had two. I was seriously missing the extra two eggs. On the Thursday after Memorial day (after 3 weeks of broody #2 sitting on golf balls) I slipped two chicks under each or the broodys. Four weeks later... The chicks...
  14. SixChickFlock

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    6/6 Two of eight are now caring for 4 almost 3 week old chicks. Wondering when the mommas will lay again. Really looking forward to the first Dozen Day in mid to late fall!
  15. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    OkeyDokie... I picked up 4 more baby chicks at Belmont Feed yesterday. About 9p I tucked them under the wings of my 2 broody hens.So far... It seems to have worked out well! The broodies have left their nests to care for the chicks. All 4 chicks seem close to bothe new moms. Both moms seem to...
  16. SixChickFlock

    Comment by 'SixChickFlock' in item 'Australorp'

    Hmmm... I have two. Got the second as a near-ready-to-lay pullet because the first one was soooo sweet! Both are good, regular layers and get along well in the flock, being somewhere in the solid middle of the pecking order. They come running when I go outside or come home for the day, just like...
  17. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    LinaNate... They all found a home rather quickly. I will keep you in mind for the next call I get. I'm thinking there will be more!
  18. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Thank you all for looking. They have all been homed to a farmer who stops in at Belmont Feed and Seed on Fridays.
  19. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Thank you... I will keep you posted (and everyone else) as soon as I hear back from the teachers! LinaNate, how far south are you?
  20. SixChickFlock

    Illinois...

    Free Chicks to a Good Home? From a friend, via a Chicago area school !8 assorted chicks hatched, cared for and studied by First Graders Plymouth Rock Columbian New Hampshire White Leghorn Normally after studies are finished, they are returned to the egg and supply provider. The teachers...
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