Recent content by Bernadine503

I am at work but I will take some and post here. I should have thought about that!

I hatched some smooth/frizzle Cochins from a Smooth Cochin Hen and Frizzle Cochin Rooster. The hatched chicks are now 7 months old: Two pullets are smooth, one pullet is frizzle, and one rooster is frizzle. My question is: Why has my frizzle pullet lost all the feathers on her head? The...

I'm on day 22, hatching Black Copper Marans. Three out of 13 hatched yesterday. Now no pips. Hard to hear any chirps as the others get excited and loud. Is there a chance the others are late? They all looked great at lockdown.

Yes, that's what I started to think too.....but they always use the top nests and NEVER the bottom ones. The biggest problem is they are also using the top nest boxes to roost and perch on, making a bigger mess. I will be putting some kind of slanted top to keep the off. But they are very...

Yes, that's what I started to think too.....but they always use the top nests and NEVER the bottom ones. The biggest problem is they are also using the top nest boxes to roost and perch on, making a bigger mess. I will be putting some kind of slanted top to keep the off. But they are very...

Here are my stacking bins before adding pine shavings all over, and letting the girls move in. I need to find a better way to secure them to the back wall though!

I live in Oregon and live about 30 minutes from the Coast, elevation at about 500 ft. I have a Hovabator 1602N (with fan) and kept my temp at 99-100*, and humidity at 65-70 the entire hatch, all 21 days. The humidity will rise a bit with the first pip...but that's okay. I never opened the...

I'm curious how this will work, especially since Silkies do not like to roost but are mainly bottom dwellers. But like Mobius said, it can be modified with 4 x4's or 2x4's and some stability on the sides. Not a bad idea!

From 1 wk old my mix of three girls and three boys who are now 12 wks old and have their own sectioned brooder in the coop where they can see the established flock, and they also have their own separated area in the run where they all see each other. I have the run set up where they can all...

Were is this lady from? Is she local? I live in Sheridan, OR and would love to meet some local crazy chicken ladies :)

Also, their website says, "Araucanas (Amercaunas), or the Easter Egg Chicken as they are commonly referred to, lay eggs in many shades of blue, green and pink. With the array of color these birds bring, in their feathering as well as their eggs, they make a favorite to add to any flock"...

This last March I bought some chick from AG Supply, a feed store here in Hillsboro, OR. I am told they got their chicks from Dunlap Hatchery. They sold me my chicks as Ameraucanas, but now that they are almost 5 months old experts tell me they sold me Easter Eggers! I love my girls so it's...

I wondered about that. Maybe I'll move it forward just a bit.

I gave my husband some ideas, and this is what he built for our shed converted into a chicken coop. I will either put sand or Sweet PDZ underneath them. I love it! I hope my girls to do!

Are the bottom considered Silkies too?