Recent content by alinagross

Thanks everyone for your thoughts! It's weird that she's only throwing the fake eggs out of the new spot. The old spot where they lay fine has fake eggs too and they've never kicked them out. Maybe I'll put them back a couple times and if they keep getting tossed out then it's not an accidental...

There is a lip on the nesting box, about 2.5"-3" I guess...

They are ceramic eggs, about the weight of a real egg I guess...?

I have a long nesting box (4 ft long) with fake eggs at one end where the girls lay eggs just fine. I've decided to make a divider half way in the nesting box because I've added two new younger girls. They are low on the totem pole and are weary of the big girls. My thinking is that a...

Thanks everyone for your thoughts! I'm sure they are cross bred, was just wondering if anyone could tell what kind of mix... I was guessing the grey one is some kind of Welsummer mix... I have Sage Eggers which are Welsummer mixes but they have more orange chests and mohawks. She does look...

Can anyone give me an idea of what breeds these two might be? They are about 4 months old. Is the black one an Australorp? She has black/grey legs. The smaller grey one has light yellow legs... Thanks!