Sorry for the delay... Many computer problems... now fixed.
Here is a picture of the chicks on the day I picked them up. I'm no photographer that's for sure...
As you can see, they are not uniform at all. Several of them look "similar" with a combination of black and various shades of...
Thank you to everyone for your answers. I guess it seems pretty clear - McMurray's "Araucanas / Americanas" are actually EE "Easter Eggers". I'm ok with that as I am certainly not a connoisseur of chickens and am just looking for some crazy looking eggs. I will post some pictures when they...
Has anyone here ever ordered Araucanas / Americanas from McMurray Hatchery? I'm wondering if there is someone out there who knows if these are genuine Araucanas or if they are the much maligned EE or Easter Egg chickens that are mixed breed... I just ordered 25 chicks.
It doesn't really...
Lag,
Sounds like your little girls got starved out a little and maybe are upset with you. I would give them a little extra TLC and a treat of some sort. I don't know if you have access to this stuff in December, but my little girls seem to love the leaves from Brocoli plants, they just go...
Wow. Cool, your replys came so fast, you guys are all over this. Thanks for your input.
Good to know I'm not the only crazy person to see these birds as family members and not just egg-machines. I really wasn't sure what to think before I got them, but within a few weeks of getting the...
I'm just getting into this whole world of chickens, and today I found my first egg, I will fry it up tonight. Anyway, I love my 3 hens and 1 roo and after the hens stop laying (around 2 years old I hear) I have no intention of cooking them or otherwise disposing of them. This seem crazy, but...
My chickens also like to sleep and poop in their nest boxes. Like MamaTaney, I also used a chicken tractor for the first part of their lives (with no room for perch) so I think they got used to the idea of sleeping next to each other in a corner area. Like the others here, I just pick out the...
sred98,
That's really cool you are so close with your chicken. I have a few hens and a roo, but they are not quite as tame as what you have described. I can pet them, but they get pretty freaked out when I reached down to pick them up. Did you handle her alot from a young age? Has she...
Be Patient... They will come. I just today received my first egg! My hen is just over 22 weeks old. I'm not sure if this mattered, but a few days ago I switched their feed from a Grower to Laying Rations... Could just be a coincidence...
Anyway, keep your eye out. Also, you may want to...