Recent content by FlutterbyChicks

  1. FlutterbyChicks

    Squatting already at 14 weeks?!

    Haha, already done! I put them in there when they started squatting since I tend to remove real eggs pretty quickly. Hopefully they know what's coming now and plan accordingly.
  2. FlutterbyChicks

    Squatting already at 14 weeks?!

    Indeed! I always hope to catch them on the nests, but since it was in the run, it'll be luck to catch her. Hopefully now that she's laid one, she'll use the nest boxes next time!
  3. FlutterbyChicks

    My chicken bit me!

    Thank you, I will definitely try that with her. If we didn't have our girls from last year, and this was our first flock, she would definitely be the top hen. I'll make sure I do that to let her know she's NOT in charge of me.
  4. FlutterbyChicks

    Egg-xactly when will they lay?

    I have 2 EEs that started both squatting at 14 weeks! Exactly one month later, TODAY!!!, I got my first teeny tiny .9oz blue egg. It's the longest I've ever had a pullet squat before laying, so I was a bit curious, but definitely started today!
  5. FlutterbyChicks

    My chicken bit me!

    I have an 18 weeker who I think is close to laying (or may have already laid, not sure yet) who was BY FAR the friendliest chick I ever had. She was so sweet and friendly. Then one day about a week ago, as I was leaving the chicken yard, she flew up behind me, grabbed ahold of a piece of my calf...
  6. FlutterbyChicks

    Squatting already at 14 weeks?!

    Well, it looks like it was right on... I got a teeny, .9oz blue egg in the run this morning. Not sure whose yet, but we're at just over 18 weeks. A whole month of squatting before laying!
  7. FlutterbyChicks

    Squatting already at 14 weeks?!

    I went to pet my two 14 week-old Easter Eggers today, and they both squatted for me!! The one will never let me get anywhere near her and she let me pet her while squatting for an insane amount of time. Then the other one, who usually lets me pet her, squatted and let me pet her. I am shocked...
  8. FlutterbyChicks

    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    Yes, it is for the chickens. They nip off the top, then I move it and let them graze there and start a different spot.
  9. FlutterbyChicks

    Sapphire/SBEL chicks, 1 with autosexing traits...

    x-posting to cream legbar hybrid thread So I had a broody hen and ordered some eggs for her. What ended up hatching was 2 "SBEL" and 2 Crested Cream Legbars. So I assumed I'd get 2 auto-sexing chicks and 2 white w/ black specks. This is what I got: So I see 2 females on the left. 1 male...
  10. FlutterbyChicks

    Cream Legbar Hybrid Thread

    x-posting to what breed/gender is this? So I had a broody hen and ordered some eggs for her. What ended up hatching was 2 "SBEL" and 2 Crested Cream Legbars. So I assumed I'd get 2 auto-sexing chicks and 2 white w/ black specks. This is what I got: So I see 2 females on the left. 1 male...
  11. FlutterbyChicks

    :-/ Indifferent Mother Hen

    It IS hard to see them get knocked out of the way, but I'm getting better. And they're getting better at moving the heck out of the way! Thanks for all the advice! My chicken yard is getting pretty bare at this point. It's 30 x 32 ft, but they got the grass down pretty low/bare. I do have a few...
  12. FlutterbyChicks

    :-/ Indifferent Mother Hen

    I do have the food and water up, she really goes crazy with it. I'll try making a whole platform to put everything on. Hopefully that works. I totally get the scratching thing, but it's almost like she's in a trance when she's doing it. I've learned to just grit my teeth and walk away... I...
  13. FlutterbyChicks

    :-/ Indifferent Mother Hen

    So I had a broody Barnevelder. I got her eggs. They hatched two days ago. Moved them to a smaller grow-out pen so they are separated from the group, but still visible. It has both a coop and run, but she chose to stay with them in the run area. It's completely predator proof and weather proof...
  14. FlutterbyChicks

    Cream Legbars...both female?

    YAY!!! Thanks! I thought so, but that tiny white dot threw me for a loop. 2 out of 2! I love auto-sexing breeds! 3 more eggs to go. 2 Super Blue Egg Layers, and maybe a Swedish Flower.
  15. FlutterbyChicks

    Cream Legbars...both female?

    The one's dot is so small, but the stripes are so dark... female?
See more
Back
Top Bottom