Recent content by JenniMcChick

  1. JenniMcChick

    2026 Chicken Wish List

    Good to know! If I end up giving my rooster to my uncle, I may look into some EEs. Should easily be able to accommodate 2 of those in the space he's using vs maybe only 1 of the heavier breeds. 🤔 But I guess it'll all depend on what they hatch. Will need to see what those are like & go...
  2. JenniMcChick

    How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

    Had no idea Australorps were now available in lavender! I'm going to have to look that up! Good luck with all your eggs!
  3. JenniMcChick

    How many chicks will you hatch in 2026?

    Same! But I'm pretty sure all of them but the Production Blue have plans. So 5 x ??? Although since I've decided to make my life easier & just let whoever wants to sit do so this year since we now have a rooster, and have an actual plan in place for all the resulting chicks, they may all...
  4. JenniMcChick

    2026 Chicken Wish List

    I ended up with a Cochin (mix?) cockerel when I bought what was supposed to be BBS Orpington chicks to put under a broody I just could not break last year. Didn't want him, but he's such a good boy! NO human aggression ever to date. We'll see what he's like come Spring time, however. & he's...
  5. JenniMcChick

    Only one chicken left in my flock. What do I do?

    I had a friend who over the course of 2-3 years lost some of her chickens to one thing or another. In the end, she had a lone Black Australorp. She didn't want to get any more as she just got so upset when one of them passed, so she asked if I would take her sole chicken in because she was...
  6. JenniMcChick

    Any insight as to breed(s)?

    Here they are now, at 8 mos old. All 3 are great birds! Calm, quiet & docile. Buddy is the nicest, most calm & laid-back cockerel &/or rooster I've ever been around. He's a such a good boy, so we kept him despite my saying I would never again have a rooster. 💙 The pullets are bigger than my...
  7. JenniMcChick

    BBS Orpingtons for Broody Hen-DUPED!

    I found the 1st pullet eggs on Aug 19th, which put them at 25-26 weeks old. Jellybean (blue) lays a dark brown, rounder shaped egg, much thicker shell than her sister's. Her egg is on far left. Jellybean lays more often that Cookie, 4-5x/wk. Cookie lays 2- 3, maybe 4 on a good week. 🤔...
  8. JenniMcChick

    BBS Orpingtons for Broody Hen-DUPED!

    Attaching updated pics. They are now 8 mos old & all 3 are super sweet birds! Buddy is HUGE & (thank God!) the nicest, calmest cockerel &/or rooster I've ever been around! Has never exhibited any human aggression whatsoever! 🙏🏼 Which is awesome because he'd no longer be part of our flock...
  9. JenniMcChick

    Black Australorp x Buff Orpington

    Have any updated pics available? I'm GREATLY interested to see what this cross looks like as those are two of my favorite breeds!
  10. JenniMcChick

    Whatcha Making for Supper?

    Mediterranean quinoa bowl & baked salmon :)
  11. JenniMcChick

    BBS Orpingtons for Broody Hen-DUPED!

    Here's an update on these babies. I've attached pics of the 3 that are still part of our flock. Pics are of them at 12, then again at almost 20 weeks. Lost the black chick (cockerel), Cuckoo (pullet) and our sweet, sweet Honey to an unknown predator who got into the outdoor brooder after the...
  12. JenniMcChick

    Chicken oddities: what’s something you wish your chicken/chickens didn’t do?

    SAME! & I constantly read of how "chickens will eat anything", " my chickens just LOVE ____fill in the blank__." But nope, not mine! I toss stuff out for them & if it's not blueberries, mealworms, or sometimes rolled oats, they look at me like I've lost my mind. Weeza then goes to squawking...
  13. JenniMcChick

    Lemon Splash Bantam Cochins

    So 5 yrs out now, how'd this breeding project go?
  14. JenniMcChick

    Pastured poultry and fire ants

    I had some poultry dust already, so I sprinkled that in one of my pots where the ants were killing my marigolds. 🤬 I also sprinkled some around perimeter of the coop. Ran out before all of it got done, but figured I'd at least test with what I had and go from there. I moved the plant around...
  15. JenniMcChick

    Ants in chicken run

    Having just come in from tending to my chickens & now treating the ant bites I incur almost every single time I go out there these days, I cannot explain just how much satisfaction I felt watching this video. Burn, little suckers, BURN!
See more
Back
Top Bottom