Recent content by Chickybaby

I've used everything from a large wire dog crate (modified, of course), a large rubbermaid tub, to cardboard boxes... pretty much anything I could find that wouldn't cost a fortune to modify... until DH built me the "chick palace" which is 3' x 3' x 8' wood and wire (I have a roll of corrugated...

I'm no pro at the chicken raising thing, but have been at it 4 years or so. Haven't raised any babies in a couple years because I didn't need to... the hawks last summer wiped me out so I needed to replentish this spring. A good friend of ours raises many breeds, and gave us 20 chicks in...

Nothing like that FIRST one!! Good news is, it only gets BETTER from here!!!

Sorry to say, but there's only one way to deal with a mean rooster - and the sooner the better in my opinion. I've only had one, and we've had many, but I can say there was no way to "fix" our meanie. I tried everything, and the more I tried the meaner he got. He was an EE, and the most...

I have to say, my first year raising chickens was pretty successful. I was really proud of myself, got complacent and stopped being diligent - as you NEED to be when caring for chickens, or any animals for that matter. This year, however, has presented problems that I never imagined and this is...

It started in June when my son's Cochin disappeared - we hoped she had wandered off to set a hidden nest, but sadly she never came back. And it hasn't gotten any better. So far I've lost 3 Dark Brahmas, my Buff Brahma roo, my Lt. Brahma roo, 2 Lt Brahma hens, 2 Dk Cornish hens, 2 Maran hens, and...

I'll work on the pics this weekend, I've been having trouble with my home computer so we'll see how it goes... There are a couple of girls that come visit from time to time, but they all eventually return to the coop and the other roosters, I'd hate to lock one up with him if they'd rather be...

We have a 9 month old Dominique rooster named Quincy. He was gifted to us by our good friends and neighbors as part of quad that was supposed to be 3 pullets and 1 roo. Well, it was just the opposite (they were really little when we got them). Anyway, long story short, Quincy is the most...

I'm in Lincolnton, and I've got a Dominique roo that needs a new home. He's about 9 mos old and a really beautiful bird. Unfortunately the other birds don't like him, and he spends his free ranging time hiding (sometimes in my garage) and it's not much of a life. We're planning to put some...

My monster egg layers are my Brahmas. The don't do it often, but when they do they do it BIG!

! I'm more used to eggs of the JUMBO variety, but this is what I found in the coop first thing this morning... a quarter-sized egg! I have never seen anything like it, like I said most of my girls lay pretty good sized ones. This is another giant egg I got this afternoon next to the tiny one...

Here's an assortment of my Lt. Brahma eggs - at the time I only had 4 laying: Busy girls!

They have Lt Brahma in them for sure, but are MUCH whiter than my Lt Brahma girls. My girls have more black on their necks than yours. Yours are very pretty birds, though... Here's a shot of a few of my girls...

Looks exactly like my Dk Cornish pullets, mine are bantams but look just like standards. They are beautiful birds, mine aren't too friendly though...

I've got a couple Dk Cornish Bantam pullets, and you rarely even hear a peep out of them. Now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever heard noise out of them. My other girls make the normal chicken chatter, but not them. Oh, and I've got a Dominique pullet that's named Quiet. She doesn't...