Articles by LadyBeartoothMamma

So sad yesterday lost one of our new arrivals I got six chicks sent to me all the way back east and one wasn't looking so hot so i gave her vitamins and mixed food with water for a minute it would help and that she would snap out of it but it didn't help at all. She passed away quietly in the...

Okay the chickens ( no longer baby chicks) are doing well and growing like weeds. We built a better chicken coop an 8x8 so theres lots of room for them. And we did build a roost for them. Their still getting use to it but I think they've figured it out. I also might have a friend who is...

Didn't know that it would be so painful when trying to build a chicken coop. That chickenwire sure likes to bite back doesn't it??? Personally Id rather tend Roses then do that again. The first one my hubby and I did, we had limited resources and so it wasn't very big, and what wire we had was...

Cornish Red and brown Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Good experiences so far... They come up to us and check us out. Luella my daughter has gotten the Rooster= Cotton use to her. So when he sees her he comes straight to only her Gender...

Cornish Red and Brown Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Peanut and Praline. Peanut had lighter head, and Praline is the darker Cornish.. Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 1 mnt I think Praline is in there somewhere.. lol...

Cornish Red and Brown Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Cotton our dark cornish Bantam Rooster Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Male 1 mnt Cotton on my hands

Easter Eggers Dark brown almost chocolate and light brown chipmunk stripes Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Found out that Miss Dark Brownie is now a EE. :P lol Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 4 Female

Australorp black Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Nothing but good experiences with Grapey. Thats what my daughter calls her.. Grapey will come up to you and let you pet her. Which is pretty cool.. A very friendly breed.. Gender Age Thumb...

Australorp Black Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Nothing but good experiences with Grapey.. She will let you hold her which is pretty cool not but I know she will be a big breed.. Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 1 wee...

Australorp Black Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Heres a better picture of Grapey our Black Australorp Hen. Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 1mnth

Australorp yellow, light yellow, black and white Created by LadyBeartoothMamma Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed: Still one of my fav breeds :) Gender Age Thumb Description / Information Female 11 da

So far raising four chicks isn't too bad. It's been awhile since Ive had chickens, the last time I was still a girl I think I was 10 when my mom and dad had chickens. They raised RhodeIsland Reds and a few leghorns. Some Bantams with the leggins.. But my family and I are raising Dark Cornish...