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I never made pear butter. Or anything similar. I have a huge (40+ft) Pear Tree in my front yard. No idea what kind of pears. Big. Two hands full. Not round, but no real neck to speak of. Brown with lots of darker brown splotches. In mid September, still so hard that it could scratch diamonds. I...

Let me begin by saying I'm not a big cabbage eater. But I needed a red cabbage for an experiment ( blue pickled eggs anyone?). I only used about one-third of the cabbage and I knew if I put it in my fridge it would become a science experiment truly. So I thought CHICKENS! I grabbed a length of...

@DuckLady This thread doesn't fit the topics in your sticky post, so feel free to move it if you know where it goes. I am researching like crazy to ascertain what breed of chicken I want. I am leaning toward Wyandottes. Reading up on the "circle" description, and looking at pictures and a few in...

First, a disclaimer. I wouldn't recognize the penultimate example of the SOP for any breed if it came up and pecked me on the nose. I am a rank novice who is trying to learn. And I took the advice of some wonderful people here on BYC to "go to as many shows and talk to as many people as you...

I am about to expand from just chickens to chickens and rabbits. I have visited several rabbit Forums on the internet. Please! On most of those sites, I think if you asked what day of the week it is, you'd be hard-pressed to find more than two people who agreed. Now on byc everyone doesn't...

As the title says. Anyone know him or anything about him?

Not design and construction, but I hope this fits in this forum. I need another coop. I found one free for dismantling and moving. It appears quality built, and constructed so that it comes apart in sections. Basically everything about it is a go. My question. I know nothing of its former...

I understand that age, season, and general health all affect the amount of tint that shows up on an egg. But I have an EE that only started laying a couple of weeks ago, and the variance of tint in her eggs seems to go against established laws of nature. Yes, I am that guy wierd enough to watch...

Perhaps this is a self-evident answer. But with many Chicken tenders living in areas where roosters are legally not allowed. Can roosters be loaned? My bull is very protective of his herd, but if loaded and taken to another Farm he does not hesitate to do his neighborly duties. My stud horse...

Of course the title is a paraphrase of the old adage that it takes a village to raise a child. But in the last 2 days I have done an extensive (multi hour) observation of my flock of six EEs. Four of my pullets are laying. Two are holdouts. With a very limited knowledge of chickens I have been...

I don't know if this is in the right Forum or not. But if not I'm sure a moderator will move it where it should be. From Pips to first egg. Roughly five months. How many molts do chickens normally undergo? Mine went from down to First feathers. Then a second molt. Then a third. And after each...

I made my "first egg" thread already, about 9 days ago. My little darling, and of course now favorite Pullet is a real trooper. 9 eggs in 9 days, each almost exactly 25 hours later. Well actually 9 eggs in 10 days. She laid one day really close to Roost time. The next day she skipped, but...

Ok. Not exactly "flocks" . I am thinking of adding two birds to my existing group of 6. YOU FOLKS ON BYC ARE INCREDIBLE! Six months ago, I would have brought them home and tossed them in with the other birds! I was so naive. Anyhow, quarentine, as I understand it from BYC. Runs over 100 yards...

Ok. Not a turkey person. Barely a chicken person. But I have heard all my life (67 yrs so far) that domestic meat turkey poults are so stupid that if left in the rain, they will look up to see whats hitting their head and will drown. Forgive me, but I just had to ask. Truth or Urban Legend?

I'm a newbie, 6 months in. And I never thought much about chickens ears before. But earlier today I read an article (My Pet Chicken I think) talking about the color of chickens ears and how it often correlates 2 egg color. And it stated that Easter Eggers have red earlobes. Now my 6 pullets were...

I have a question, I don't really know how to ask it. I hate Pat answers. You know, pit bulls are vicious, assault rifles kill people, backyard chickens give salmonella. Common, off the cuff, easy answers. Which may be true, may be partially true, or maybe just repeats of things heard and...

Eggs are bad for you. Eggs are good for you. Some amount of eggs are good for you. Some are not. Salmonella. From backyard chickens. 1000 cases reported this year. 2 people died. Estimated 29000 got Salmonella from chickens so far this year. I'm 67 and according to the CDC it's hazardous to my...

Okay, I will tattle on myself. Poor housekeeping. I had a little Waffle batter left over and it got pushed to the back of the cabinet. Forgotten. For three days. Woke up this morning to thousands of fruit flies. I traced them to the source, said some nasty words, and popped a cover on the...

Does anybody ( besides me, now) know how long it takes your chicken to decide to actually lay an egg? I have six EEs, about 22 weeks old. 1 started laying 3 days ago. The other five are still Moochers. But the one is now 3 for 3. (Yippee! Eggs!) I knew she was laying afternoons, but wanted some...

Ok. I had resigned myself to the fact that I might not get any eggs until next spring. My initial research indicated chickens start laying in about 20 weeks. My 6 Easter Eggers were brought home the first week of April. Subsequent research on byc says it could take up to 40 weeks. My run is in...