Recent content by Beecht

2 years ago in October I up and left Phoenix for my rural little 5 acre place in Eastern Oregon! Life has never been sweeter.... 60 chickens, 3 pigs, 1 goat and 5 dogs... Life is good!!

Joe was a very mean agressive, did i mention mean, roo. I can understand another roo hiding out from him, heck I hid out from him.... I think this transgender chicken lays.. I have 18 birds and get between 12-18 eggs a day... I just assumed on the 18 egg days that each chicken gave me one egg, I...

Thank you for the answers. I was a bit freaked at this change in her.... as long as she doesn't get agressive, I'm ok with a transgender chicken...

I got my chickens well over a year ago... I had one roo, Joe, he was a very mean and nasty barred rock that tried to kill me on more than one occasion. I finally had to eat him... the rooster dinner was about 3 months ago.... Now one of my "hens", also a barred rock, is looking like a roo... her...

Shouting out to all my Oregon Peeps... I am in Halfway and getting my first chicks in about a month! I am stoked! Terrie

Oh Yea! I think I am going to like it here. about the boys, I do want to raise them and eat them... but do I need to keep them away from the girs? and will it be obivious they are the boys when they are older?? Oreder more eh... I thought I was doing good to order 12 and find out I will...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I just ordered my first chicks today.... they will ship on 5/27 (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I ordered 12 pullets and found out they ship with an additional 10 males for warmth (3) What breeds do you have? I...