Recent content by dazluv1977

I am contemplating a spring cleaning on the chicken coop. I am afraid we might get one more cold snap and the deep litter will be needed.

I was ready to give up but my girls surprised me. At 21 weeks old they gave me the first two eggs. Now at 24 weeks old we are getting 6 eggs a day. No artificial light so far, but we have bought automatic timers to add lights later when the weather turns colder. I don't know if it will make...

My Buff Orpington layed her first egg today. Now we are getting up to six eggs a day!

It is really too early to tell. You'll have to wait until they get their "big boy" and "big girl" feathers. If you want to try to make an educated guess check out this explanation from another website...

Can you believe after my last status update the girls started laying? We are getting 5 eggs a day. I am so proud of them.

One of the hens was sitting in a nesting box. I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that my hens likely won't lay until next spring.

From the moment I brought my chickies home I included our Labrador Retriever. As I took each out of the shipping box I held them in front of Annie and let her smell them. Then, I placed each into the brooder box. Every time I went to check the chicks I took her with me. There was one time when a...

If I could, I would spend all day hanging with my peeps!

Thank you for your feedback. I have egg layers... I went ahead and got a bag of the 20% and mixed the two together. I did a 2 to 1 ratio.

I just had a thought...should I purchase a bag of the 20% and give the chicks a mix of the two? This is the product info for the 24%: This high protein DuMOR Chick Starter 24% Feed is a complete crumble formula for starting turkey and game bird chicks such as quail, pheasant and chukar, which...

I am new to BYC and when I bought supplies for my day old chicks (got it before they arrived so I was prepared) I purchased DuMOR Poultry 24% Starter Feed. I thought I had read the back of the bag correctly but realized tonight that I didn't. This feed is recommended for game birds such as...

Cluck, cluck cluck cluck cluck. Cluck cluck clukity cluck cluck. Cluck!

Hi, My name is Daisy. I am new to chickens. I just got my first flock a week and a half ago, 14 ladies and one boy. I went with a mix because I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted. I went with a Golden Laced Wyandotte Rooster. I also have 3 GL Wyandotte hens, 2 Dominiques, 2 RIR, 1 Red Star, 1...