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Very excited to announce our first eggs! I found 2 small brown eggs in the coop on Sunday. Picked up a cold egg, brought it inside...went back to the coop an hour later and found another one, this one warm. My first fresh, warm egg! My girls are 25 weeks old. Eggs on my counter. Sorry...

How sad. I realize that I have NO IDEA what it must have been like to have to evacuate. But I promise you that I would be VERY aware of the 5 little feathered beings that are out in my backyard. Those firefighters are wonderful people.

That photo of the crayfish on the platter with the corn is gorgeous! And I love the cute sneaky girls stealing some. Minchi, I'm there with you, I probably have the same medicated starter feed that you have. Kiowa Country Corner recommended the same thing that the feed bag says, to feed...

gardendufus, Babe is beautiful! I have an 8 week old SLW (Miss Pecky Sue) who looks a lot like Minchi's. I just noticed in the last two days that her comb and face are looking much redder. And, just mentioning because I'm really excited about it, my Buff Orpington is starting to look so...

Mo, I can't wait to hear about your chicks! I thought I wanted 3 or 4, and I went with 5. (Four different breeds.) Now I wish I could have more because I really love my Rhode Island Red and want more RIR girls. Maybe next year. I also promised my husband that we can get him his Jersey Giant.

Wendy, we're glad you are safe!

I can't believe what it looks like out here by my house in eastern Parker. So incredibly smoky. I just spent the last half hour trying to find out if a new nearby wildfire popped up or if the storm clouds have brought the Waldo Canyon smoke all the way over here. It's so bad I had to close...

I bet it would help. We just finished building our coop about a week ago and weren't ready to construct a run yet, but with this heat we made a quick "emergency" run for my chicks. We have few trees, so no shade at my house. I put some beach towels over the top of the run to give them some...

Oh my...I am thinking of all of you who are affected by these fires and your friends & families. Stay safe.

I took the tray from a flower pot yesterday and filled it with water to keep in the coop. Went out a few times throughout the day and dipped their feet in it...they seemed to like that! One little girl was standing in it quite a bit to keep cool. My husband is not that far off from MacGyver...

Hmm. I'm not sure how it works either. I'm in Parker but on the Elbert County side, so it's a little different. No HOA, and I have 5 acres zoned for residential agriculture so I think I can have a maximum of 15 poultry and/or fowl, roos included. It's a hot one out there today! I'm...

Our girls are out in the coop today for the first time, and spending their first night in it! Well, 4 out of 5 are out there. My little girl who was on her deathbed last weekend will stay inside with me a little longer until she's ready. They seem to be enjoying the space so far. Coop...

I live on the eastern edge of Parker in Elbert County, and just about everyone in my neighborhood has roosters (but me!). I prefer sitting outside with my pullets listening to the roosters crow in the distance. :) It's great out here! Lots of space...everyone seems to have at least a few...

Thank you! And thanks for the advice. I'll give her some plain yogurt later. She continues to improve!

One of my little 4 week old girls, Stella, has coccidiosis. It was scary how fast it happened. One moment I was looking at her and noticing that she was just standing around and closing her eyes (still very alert when I would reach into the brooder or play with her outside of it) and later that...

I used a series of cardboard boxes for my brooders, moving to a larger box every couple of weeks. It was super easy for me because I just moved in March and saved the ones I thought would make good brooders, but you could probably get boxes from friends or stores if you don't have any. All I...

Glad everyone is okay. We had an awful storm here (I'm between Parker and Elizabeth). I watched a couple clouds rotate and turn into funnels, then suddenly everything was gone, ZERO visibility. I couldn't see my front porch, couldn't see out of any window on any side of my house. Then the...

dennarahl, so very sorry for the loss of your hen.

Welcome, Jenelle! Chicken math happened to me too. I got my chicks last month and meant to get 3, but I ended up with 5. I haven't posted anything about my coop progress yet...here's an update on what's been going on at our house in the past three weeks: Husband starts coop construction...

My husband and his friend have been outside for hours working on our coop. I assisted with some of it and encouraged them to wait for another day to put the plywood on the roof...they did it anyway. It went pretty well considering I am having trouble putting one foot in front of the other in...