Articles by ChickenPalace

The Flock OUR FLOCK STORY April 2008: Our flock started with 6 Rhode Island Reds - it was suppose to be 6 hens, but it ended up being 1 rooster and 5 hens. We bought them wanting the eggs, not realizing how quickly we might get addicted. June 2008: Two months later while at the feed store...

Other Family Members Bella and Dozer BELLA Bella died on 6/16/2009 at 2 1/2 years old. They think it was a brain tumor or brain hemorrage. It was not easy to loose her. She was a rescue that turned into an awesome dog that was our snuggle bug - even at 60 lbs. Indo An awesome...

Our Coops May 2008 Our First Coop was nicknamed the "Chicken Palace". We built this based on research of all the things I thought would make the...

Incubation History I will keep track of happenings as we progress to "HATCH" day. March 13, 2009 DAY 1 - Setting the Eggs We set 16 eggs today. They include RIR and RIR/Australorp "X". Temperature remained stable at 100 degrees and humidity at 39 %. I logged the weight of each egg and noted...