Articles by earlybird10842

How to get a chicken to lay in the nestbox. The most common issue that I have had with my chickens is that somehow, some of them can't get it through those bitty chicken minds that nestboxes are for eggs. Lay an egg on the hard-packed, rocky dirt beneath a prickly-branched bush? Sure! Lay an...

Predator-Safe Free Ranging in Rural Areas Living in a rural neighborhood, it can seem like free-ranging your chickens is the ideal existence for your birds. . My chickens' feed consumption is lower if I free-range them, and they are happier than they are in their coop and run and...

On this page I will compile all the posts in the "Story Game" Thread I created, so you can read it all at once. Here's the link to the game https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/728741/story-game#post_10055792 The coop was noisy that morning. Pinky and Olive were aruguing over their...

Hi! Welcome to the Chatterbox Chooks Club (ballerina-chick, chickencrazy429, earlybird10842, and MagicalNicoMisa's chat thread) member page. To join, Please PM either ballerina-chick, chickencrazy429, earlybird10842, or MagicalNicoMisa, depending on who was on most recently, and tell them what...

Coopschools (choose one, or make up your own) Streamflow--all grades River Run--All grades Pine Cone--All grades Members Streamflow Earlybird 10842--Marianne_henley, elanor_Henley, Sophia_henley, Willow_henley Selena_henley Rena_polloa, Amy_polloa Ederob's chickens Beth_Jackson...

Sunrise, Susan and Selena(a.k.a. Sal) spent the first two years of their lives at a local, free-range, organic egg farm. After the hens were past their prime laying age, the farm would give them away to people who wanted chickens. I am not sure of their breed but have narrowed it down to three...