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It was just over a year ago that Jan and I joined this fine group of people. We got our little peeps in July last year, raised them, enjoyed the farm fresh eggs, but now have decided to get out of the chicken business. We had a fun time being "chicken farmers" but find that it serverly cramps...

Bummer, today our two roosters, the Rhode Island Red, Roody, and the Barred Rock, Rocky, got into a serious fight. Rocky ended up with a badly ripped wattle and blood all over himself. I have cleaned him off and put antibiotic on his wounds but the other chickens sense that he is wounded and...

How is everyone doing with this globull warming? We have had single digits here for going on 4 days now and it is currently 9 headed for below zero again tonight. Our coop has insulated roof and is fairly tight and I have a heat lamp by the waterer. In the mornings it is between 15 and 20...

Our chickens had a personal best today. 17 eggs from 20 pullets. 25 going on 26 weeks old. We need customers so I will be calling friends tomorrow. Who do you sell your eggs to? Oh, I changed our avitar to the milk truck I drove in high school when I was a milkman. For the Jeep fans...

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change! JOHN McCAIN: My friends that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the...

This was passed out at a safety meeting at the job site I worked on in New Mexico last year. I found it very profound and meaningful. WHO AM I I am more powerful than the combined armies of the world. I have destroyed more than all wars of the nations. I am more deadly than bullets or...

Dear Abby, I've never written to you before, but I really need your advice on something that could be a crucial decision. I've suspected for some time now that my wife has been cheating on me. The usual signs... phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up. My wife has been going out with...

Our pullets have been laying only 2 weeks, 4 of our 20, and this morning there was a huge double yoker in a nest. I had it for breakfast, but for a pullet to lay that thing I'm suprised I didn't hear her screaming in the house.

Most of you know that ol' man winter is coming and has arrived at some locations. One thing about winter is that food for our predator friends becomes scarce and they become hungry. When that happens they search and work much harder for a meal. Make sure your coop and runs are predator proof.

Here are photos of my other hobby on the walls of my bassment.

Hi All, I went to the coop this morning to tend the flock and there was a hen calmly sitting in one of the nest boxes. I had set up lighting on a timer three days ago and placed golf balls in the nests two days ago. This morning, under the hen that was in the nest, was the prettiest brown...

Finally today I put a light in our coop on a timer. lt is set to come on at 5:00 AM, off at 7:00 AM on at 5:00 PM and off at 7:00 PM. The birds were really confused this evening. It was dark outside and light inside. They would go to the pop door, look out then return to the feeder. I'm...

I drove the awsome Galaxie in the Mizzou Homecoming Parade last weekend and my passengers were the Mayor of Columbia and his wife. Columbia has been debating the chicken ordanance for some time so that was a topic of conversation during the parade. His Honor is in favor of allowing chickens to...

Our 11 RIRs and 11 BRs are 9 going on 10 weeks old. At night they go into the coop at dark, and all huddle together near the people door on the floor. During the day they use the roosts off and on, but not at night. During the day they spend most of the time outside in the enclosed run. I...

We have 11 four week old barred rocks and one of them is displaying very different colors than the others. The lighter colored one, we are calling it Rocky thinking it is a rooster because of his rapidly developing comb, is much whiter than black, and has yellow legs compared to the darker...

We moved our 4 week old flock of 11 RIRs and 11 Rocks in to the new coop today. They are outgrowing everything. The new coop is not quite finished, but livable for them quite nicely. So far, no health issues, they are doing fine and love to be outside in the yard. I'll be working...

We have had our 22 chicks going on 3 weeks now and no major problems. Knock on wood. We have started the coop and the framing is nearly done. We are basing it on the Clutch Hutch on the coops page. That one seemed to best fit our needs, time and budget. The chicks get a few hours every...

Our flock is a week and a half old and we are dealing with 100 degree temps. Our brooder is on an enclosed porch and gets quite hot. I figured if they were hatched and raised by a hen they would be out side in the grass so I created a place for them to play. We built a small cage/run for...

Today Jan and I adopted 11 Rhode Island Reds and 11 Barred Rocks. We ordered 10 Reds and 5 Rocks, but the Hatchery must have misunderstood. Also, they sent 11 of each not 10. We weren't quite ready but Griffith Hatchery in Fulton, Missouri, (www.griffithhatchery.com) about 20 miles from us...

So here we are, entering full retirement (I hope) and planning things we want to do. Jan and I have decided that we want to raise our own chickens for eggs and fried chicken etc. We own 13 acres in the country just outside Columbia, Missouri. So far, it remains zoned Agricultural. I play...