Recent content by Jenn907

If you lived anywhere close to me, I would buy you a LARGE drink!! This is by far the best article I have ever read on ANY chicken related website! Hilarious, and SO TRUE! Well done, and please keep them coming!!

Interchickenal dramas! I love that!! Thank you very much for replying. I am going to be watching them like a hawk (well, not REALLY a hawk, that would scare them!) and see if I can once and for all determine if I have a roo in the henhouse!

I just had (what I am still HOPING is) one of my hens mount another hen last night. I am SO CONFUSED!! Do hens really do this?? I have watched them all since I got them at 4 weeks old... they all look and act the same for the most part... but this ONE walks more upright, is slightly bigger...

I have read that you shouldn't switch to layer feed until they are laying... but I am just as confused as you are! My girls are a few days shy of 20 weeks and I am chomping at the bit for the appearance of the first egg!! Good luck to you

Is anyone else out there worried about corn prices skyrocketing due to the drought?? I saw this video today on msnbc.com: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/48682225#48682225 "They" are saying corn prices, including (of course) feed for chickens because corn is a main ingredient, will...

My girls LOVE plain yogurt and blueberries! They will JUMP for a blueberry. So much fun to watch :)

My girls are going to be 20 weeks in a few days (give or take). I am super excited for the first eggs to appear. I did put in some plastic "dummy" eggs in the nest boxes last weekend. Think that kinda freaked them out at first, but now I can tell they have been in there with the telltale...

Congratulations! What a cutie your daughter is, and a nice looking chicken as well!!

I have sand out in the pen area, but still have pine shavings inside the coop. I am worried it will be TOO COLD in our extreme Alaska winters. Has anyone had issues with temperature inside the coop with sand VS shavings in the winter??

Hello from Alaska!! I love the color of your coop! Nicely done!

It's nice when a dream is fulfilled, isn't it? I am new to chickens too... got mine about 2 months ago and my dream has started. :) This is a fantastic website and you will be able to find answers to anything and everything!! The people here are amazing! Welcome to BYC from Alaska!!

Can you please teach my husband how to clean the coop? LOL Welcome to BYC from Alaska!!

Hello from Alaska! Good luck with your 7 babies!

We Alaskans LOVE the summers up here, and that is why the majority of us tolerate our LOOOOOONG, cold, DARK winters. But here is my problem; we have SO MUCH sunlight this time of year - the day after tomorrow (June 21st) is the summer solstice and we have pretty much 24 hours of sunlight - my...

I filled the cinder blocks with pea gravel and sand so they would drain well. They are buried 16" deep (2 on top of each other!) so I am hoping that will be enough to deter predators. It took over 10 hours of work for my husband and I to dig the footing for the coop (it is 6'x10' total), so I...