Our first egg from Buff Orpington 22 weeks old. Now I am waiting on her other sisters to start laying. One egg a day doesn't last long with 8 people in the house.
I am sorry to hear about your loss. We had our neighbors dog come over here and kill 13 off of 8 week old BO. It was the sadest sight to see.
I am glad you were able to save one and hopefully your newly ordered chicks will do fine in Chicken Fort Knox.
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We haven't gotten any eggs yet but the kids can't wait! My kids are aged 13, 10, 9, 8, 6 and 4. Our chickens are afraid of us. We got them when they were 10 weeks old...they are 13 weeks old now and are slowly but surely warming up to us.
Hi there! I just wanted to drop in and say Hi to everyone and to let you guys know how many countless hours I have spent on your forum learning all kinds of things. We homeschool our kids and this year we decided to grow a garden and chickens for the first time. Our garden did awesome until the...