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I have 3 hens, just lost one to some evil predator and am thinking about getting a rooster to protect them (would look for one maybe a bit older someone wanted to rehome). I really don't have room for more hens and don't want to get a rooster if he'll abuse the hens because 3 can't meet his...

Hello all!!! For Christmas I was given a kit for making candles. I love making stuff, mostly pottery but dabble in other crafts as well and candle making was on my list to try. Figure I can fill up some of the pots I make to use for gifts next year. . Anyway, I really am not a fan of the...

The hub and I were on vacation this week. We used the time to build a new fence around my veggie garden area which will (hopefully) keep the girls out. The ground is not real level in that are so in order to keep the fence top level we had to adjust the height as we went -- I know the girls...

This may have been shared on this already, if so sorry for the repeat...but it was just too cute not to share!

My girls are squatting for me again (well, all but one of the 4 hens) and I got two eggs this weekend, first eggs the girls have produced in weeks!!! Yippee!!!!

Looks like there's a lot of new little features to this site that are really cool if we take the time to look and find them ... For example: I love how within the forum the 'thread starter' is noted in all of their posts .... I can't tell you how many times with the old site I forgot who...

Today was the first real snow fall for our girls... most of them still won't leave the coop, but Morticia (as always) was up for the adventure! Here she is coming to get some treats! Chicken Tracks!!! Don't think she dug the snow much, found the closest non-snow covered spot to hang out...

Hi... I've been making these mostly for gifts but folks keep telling me I should sell them so wondering if you saw them what would you be willing to pay to buy them? Frogs: I've given these to my neices as gifts along with 'frog prince' book. They are about 3-4 inches tall. Peeps: The...

Hi... This next week I want to make some homemade Tamale's....I know it's alot of work and have already purchased the tools (steamer, corn husks)... Anyone have a good recipe? I'm thinking pork and chicken, want to make a lot and freeze them!

I have a lot of Green Tomatos to use up... have already made soup and will make a cake. Looking for more 'healthy' and freezable recipes...any ideas?

I have a ton of scallions ready to be picked...Way too many for me to use as I normally do. Have any recipes that use lots of scallions? Can they be frozen ?

When I went to clean the coop today I found a couple odd things.... first there was a broken egg and two of the hens were eating away at it. That didn't freak me out so much but when I started cleaning yesterday's poops, I noticed that there was a bit of blood on the chickens perch and a drop...

So on Tuesday, one of my girls layed her first egg!!! Another laid her first egg to but it had no shell. It's Friday and we've had no eggs since... is this normal? I know the shell less thing is but not sure about the no eggs.. would guess it's ok but I just hate to guess so I must ask...

So earlier today I got my first egg (yay girls!).... but I just went to change the water and found the girls in the run huddled around what looked like an egg with no shell, the were eating away at it. I opened the run to let them hang in the yard for a bit while I did the water change etc.and...

[So, my EE hens were hatched on 3/23 (according to the feed store I got them from)....so that makes them nearly 18 weeks old and I'm waiting patiently for them to start laying eggs. This week, Piggly Wiggly (aka the grocery store) has eggs on sale, buy a dozen get a dozen free. There are...

Was hanging out with my girls this evening and noticed that Natasha has a split in her beak... she seems to be eating ok, but I'll be watching her closely to make sure. Would you do anything about this? Do you think it'll grow out? Here are some pictures (I'm also fearing she's a roo, the...

Our girls moved into their new coop on Saturday, we spent Monday/Tuesday installing the new path/patio around the coop, it turned out pretty nice and I think the girls will like it too (they were a bit hesitant to leave the coop at first after it was installed...those chickens surely are chicken :-)

So... do you keep your water/feeder in the coop or the run? or both? I'd imagine once it starts snowing it should be in the coop but have it in the run right now. However, it's supposed to storm today so now thinking I should move it to the coop.... These are my first chickens and it's their...

For those of you that use sand .... do you use it in the coop and the run? How about the nesting box? We used sand in our run and will probably in the coop too but I'm wasn't sure if it's right for the nesting box? thoughts?

I recently got my first chickens, the girls (I hope) are just over 3 months old now. It's been so much fun watching them grow!!! I'm also a part time potter, and recently made these "Peep" pitchers (hope the image comes thru!)... I've made these before usually give them away as gifts, these...