Recent content by jarclyn

My chickens are almost 5 months old, and someone is laying, but I know it's not my beloved EE. I've heard that they're kind of slow on the laying, but how slow? Does anyone have any experience with EEs and their laying habits? I can't wait to get some beautiful eggs from her, so I'm very...

My babies are finally at the age to start laying, and we're really excited! I think maybe just one or two are laying right now (we have 4),and I know for sure my EE isn't laying,we've only gotten brown eggs. While we have gotten some eggs so far, we're having a problem with where they are...

Thanks Ridgerunner! That does really help. I would have probably bought four nesting boxes haha. We will probably just end up selling them to family friends and people at church, the hens I have aren't heavy layers, we got rid of the production reds and such. We mainly have them for the fun of...

Hey! I'm really new to chickens and mine are at 17 weeks right now, so that means it's getting close to egg laying time! Now the question comes of how do I set up their laying area (do I need one nesting box a bird or what? I have four if that helps) and how much can I get away with selling the...

Hello! My chickens (heavies) are about 10 weeks old and they has gotten very big. Now we're trying to figure out if we can take them off the chick starter feed and to the next step up of food. So what are your guys' opinions on when to change feed? (I'm obviously a complete novice at chicken...

Okay, so definitely create some sort of trough. Any ideas on how to make such a thing so they don't stand in it?

I live in El Dorado and am completely new to chicken raising. I got my chicks from the Atwoods here and they are about 8 weeks old (:

My chickens are outside now, and I had been told to scatter the food to teach them to scavenge and such and that it would be just fine for them to eat like that at all times. However, the other day, my dad read that it should be in an elevated trough. So, what's the deal guys? I'm still very new...

Also! The only think I know about them is that I grabbed them out of the "Assorted Heavies" bin if that helps anyone to narrow things down.

I was wondering if anyone has any inkling of an idea of what breed and/or gender these two guys are. I of course just use guys to refer to all of my chickens, but I do think these might be Roos, but I'm completely clueless. Thanks for any help/information you can give me! Here's Grumpy (the one...

Yeah, sorry I didn't include location, I didn't even know you could change your profile to say so (I've only used this site on my phone). I'm located in Southern Arkansas so during the days it can get around 70s and up but some nights it still plummets to 20s and I just don't know how hearty...

Hello! So my chicks are about 2 weeks old right now and I was wondering when I'd need to move them into a bigger container and then after that when they'd need to go outside. There are seven of them and they are currently in a 50 gallon Rubbermaid tote (43.81" x 22.81" x 18.16") and for now of...

Hello! This is my first time ever raising/experiencing baby chicks and I just bought seven from my local Atwoods and we're trying to figure out what they are. We are mostly interested in the gender so we can partially predict their attitudes. Can anyone identify anything about this chick? We...