Recent content by Amberthyme

Thank you everyone for helping! It's so much fun to "talk chook" with other peeps who understand

Rosie's egg on the right. On the left is a store bought large egg.

I agree! She's a beautiful little hen. A great layer too! Rosie generally lays about 5 or more eggs a week. She layed for 8 days straight before it got super hot but most of the time it's 3 days on 1 day off. She could be laying more than I think . . . every day is an egg hunt. She used to use...

Rosie Chook adopted us and is old enough to lay eggs but I don't know exactly how old. I think she may be a Dutch Bantam. This is my favorite picture of her!

Here are some more pics

Rosie is actually our first chicken. She walked into our lives in March of this year and now we have added 4 more chooks to the family! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/98658_img_1465.jpg I hope the link shows the picture Since she adopted us I was hoping someone would be able to...

Wow! Looks great! How many hens are in there? I think I see 2?

The names of our girls: Rosie (very tiny - maybe Dutch?- bantam) got her name from "Rosie's Walk"a picture book by Pat Hutchens After her the names got sweet . . . really sweet . . . Honey - Rhode Island Red Agave - Ameraucana (name morphed into Aggie) Sugar - Brown Leghorn Molasses - Black...

I got it loose with lots of help and tweezers, the string slipped and she swallowed it. I hope it all comes out right in the end.

Thanks for the quick response! I'll tell you all what happens

I have a chick with a string stuck on her tongue. I clipped the string shorter but I can't keep her mouth open long enough to untangle or take a pic. Any suggestions?