Recent content by amysflock

It was the weirdest thing ever!

Thanks, @Tookie @Rhodebar Lover. That’s what I was thinking, too, just because of the green I see as well. I had a black barnyard mix rooster who looked similar, but without the gray.

Hello! It’s been what’s since I’ve posted, I think. This guy followed my car down the road yesterday, jumped two fences (from front yard to back, then from back to pasture), finally deciding to hang out with my little flock of six hens. We were expecting freezing temps and snow last night, so...

Thanks for your reply! Good point about height. I’m 5’9” but really don’t want to lift or store heavy stuff on the walls, plus I have two young kids who like to help. I would like to keep the storage separate, but do like the idea of a broody/hospital space. I’ll have to think about that. I...

Hi! We have had our “gifted” (for the price of a brand new smoker) custom built 8’x10’ coop (on skids!) for a few months now, and I think the interior layout needs work. I’ve attached a (not to scale) sketch of the interior along with pics (it needs to be cleaned and painted outside and...

Thanks! (Any ideas on how to edit my “About”? It’s from 2011!)

Hi all! I am a returning member after a really long chicken-free break, and happy to be back! We sold my second flock (raised from incubated eggs I had on hand when my first flock was killed by coyotes) to a friend in 2011 during my complicated twin pregnancy, when I couldn’t stand the idea of...

Hi guys, My broodies hatched four chicks between July 22 and July 25th, making them about 9.5 weeks old. The mamas are back in the hen house with the rest of the flock. I'd like to move the youngsters out, but I really don't have enough room in the coop to keep their feed separate but...

I've got four hen-hatched and brooded mixed breed chicks in a pen together with Mama the Easter Egger (their "mother"). The oldest two chicks are 5 days older than the baby...Mama hatched them all. Tonight I heard all kinds of commotion in their brooder pen so took a look, and found the black...

Glad I found this thread! My EE cross hen hatched 4 mixed breed chicks in mid-July. I have the little family in a separate pen, away from the rest of the flock (1 roo - daddy - and 6 other hens). There are 5 days between the oldest and youngest chick, so the youngest isn't fully feathered...

Oh, golly...well, perhaps I did the wrong thing, but I pulled the remaining 5 eggs (BLRW laid another one, the stinker!) out of the nest. There was at least 1 I thought should have hatched by now, one I thought was empty, and a couple I thought were at Day 14, maybe, when I candled all at Day...

No kidding! Is that really what you did, GeeVee?! I wouldn't think mass-produced chicken eggs would be fertile. Last year I lost my flock to coyotes, but a friend hatched 19 (out of 32) fertile eggs I had accumulated. My roo was a gorgeous Black Australorp, and the most of the hens were Red...

SweetMotherofMars - I have no idea where Ruby Beach is! I'm going to have to look it up. Your chicks are adorable...and it sounds like you have quite the project undertaking! My little mutts just keep producing more muttly little mutts. I'm anxious to get home and check the eggs under BLRW...

SweetMotherofMars - The Palouse?! I love it over there. What breeds do you hatch (scratching head, trying to figure out the penguin thing). GeeVee - I'm excited to hear more about your double-yolker! I assumed those wouldn't hatch for some reason. Very cool! I hope Mama accepts any additional...

Woohoo! I'm up to 4 chickies...one hatched this morning! To recap, I had 1 hatch Wednesday (Day 22), 2 Thursday (Day 23), and 1 today (Day 26). NOW...as I mentioned before, the 8 eggs under the two co-brooding mamas weren't the same age/development. I think today's might be an early hatcher from...