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thats awesome news ...hopefully she will hatch the rest for ya . im on day 12 of letting my blue laced red wyandott sit on her egg . yes i said egg . not ready for chicks in any way . just testing to see if she will hatch it ..... if not maybe i will let her sit on a couple eggs next year , just...

thanks ...i think im gonna need it !

i might give it a shot ...... not really ready for chicks , but im gonna try it !!

i have a hen that wont leave her nest box but to eat ........ the box is at ground level ....she stopped roosting with the other hens , and now spends all her time in the nest box !!! im guessing she is broody , however , is it normal for them to spend the night in the nest box ? she lets me...

been a member for a while .... been a while since i've been here. i live in morgantown,ky ....anyone near me ?

i read on here that people use misters to keep down the dust cuz its bad for the chickens...why is it bad for the chickens ? my coop has a dirt floor , and since i fixed the roof from leaking it has gotten very dry in there.....tons of dust when they come down from roost or even just scratchin ....

im computer illiterate and proud of it....lol ....it looks like disscoloring ....nothing on it , he didnt exactly hold real still when i was checkin him out but it doesnt look like something is on the comb , just changing colors

just noticed some white starting to develope on one of my roo's comb .......any ideas what it might be ?

my coop is 87 yards from my house ......not by choice , but it is working out well ! i dont always wanna get up at sunrise !! roos can get loud in the morning .... i can hear my neighbors and he is at least 2 football fields away !!!!!! the smell aint bad yet , (this summer will be my first) ...

i use timothy grass hay in my coop ........ dirt floor ........ the hay never stays in a layer , they always scratch it over to one side ....they prefere the dirt floor i guess ...... im cleaning out my coop every 2 weeks ,,,,, fresh hay , scraping poo off of hard surfaces ....etc........ sounds...

your coop looks great so far !!!!!!! im concerned about your back while cleaning the coop !!!!!!!! im 5'11" my coop is 12' tall !!! i aint bending over for 1 or 2 hours while cleaning the coop !!!!! good luck ...i hope you have a replacement for that back ...lol

yeah he is about 7 months old ......... cant wait till spring so i can get some eggs from the ladies of the coop !!!!!!!

im interested in being self sifficient , but it will be a long process ...heck i cant even get regular production out of my garden yet !!!! starting in the spring i will be farming either earth worms or nightcrawlers , im scared to let my chickens free-range (my neighbor has 14 outdoor cats ...

i just realized where i put this ...sorry mods.....feel free to delete it ....

the hot dogs were a mistake .... my daughter put them in my scraps container and it was too late after i dumped the container into thier dish !!!!!! lol ...guess im chillin with bacon grease !!!!!

haha ...im not talking eggs here ..... my biggest rooster gave me a big crow this morning ..... not the usual short version ...a full crow !!!!!!! pretty cool ..... at what age do they normaly perform thier first crow ?

im sure they did slow things down a bit ..........lol .... when i go to the coop to clean it out , they flock to me like the shovel means food.....i love it !!!!!!

over the last 2 days , i've noticed that some of my birds are pooping soft piles of poo ..... not the typical logs so to speak ......... im feeding them layena pellets , and corn ....treats have included bread, eggs , oats, bacon grease(in my flock blocks) hot dogs , and one time i gave them...

bummer braclin !!! bummer nobody lives near me .......i guess thats a part of livin in the sticks !!!!

i did some checking ,,, corbin is like 4 hours from where i am ....sorry vickie i would have loved to have done a trade , but i cant justify driving 4 hours to trade birds ,,,, if you think you'll be around bowling green anytime soon , we can meet somewhere ! where are you located braclin ?