Recent content by jrpierce72

And it wasn't a fluke because we just got mini egg #2 from the same lady.

The hen is an easter egger. We have 2 other easter Eggers. This chick hatched Feb 18. Yesterday, the day the egg was laid there were 2 usual size easter Eggers eggs and this one so it seems that it was her. We only have 3 hens that lay green eggs. Our other easter Eggers laid exactly at 20...

Our new hens are just over 3 1/2 months old but check out this cute little precocious puberty gift!

I have a broody hen who is caring for the 5 chicks I slipped under her last week. Right now the chicks are about 7-9 days old. Unfortunately 2 of the light colored chicks are being tortured by the other 3 by having their eyes pecked. I have separated them and tried to reintroduce but both...

I am so sorry to hear about your hen. We are in Medford and despite everything we could do for our chickens to keep them cooler we lost a hen yesterday. Hopefully the heat goes away soon. 116 is just too hot.

Thanks for all the replies. We opted to get rid of the more aggressive of the 2 roosters. He was not the dominant rooster and was aggressive to the hens and me (though would still sit in my lap) and then he would get dominated by the "alpha" rooster. After his removal the balance in the...

We have 12 chickens snd were intending on 11 hens and 1 rooster but ended up with 10 hens and 2 roosters, They have all been handled since hatching. We knew that one of roosters would have to go at some point but now both of the gentleman have become quite aggressive towards me as well as to...

I've spent 3 weeks trying to set up a watering system that doesn't leak. I purchased one of those plastic waterers, 3 gallons, with a red bottom and it continuously dripped while hanging (as it is intended) and got the straw all wet. So I filled in the little holes on the bottom with a glue...

Thanks everyone for all the replies. I ended up just painting the floor and a bit up the walls of the coop with some super low VOC paint I found in our garage. I'm glad I did since I wonder if the blackjack 57 would have contributed to more heat in the coop? We hit 108 here on Saturday. The...

Thanks everyone for the answers! I went out and purchased some BlackJack 57 already. I am in Southern Oregon and will definitely add that to my profile. We are planning on mostly straw in the coop and run. The run is completely sand since we put the coop on top of an old bocce ball court.

I've looked at old posts but don't this particular discussion. We are building our coop right now. It is quite large - the coop is 64 sq ft and the run is 128 sq ft (half covered and half not covered). It is completely enclosed by hardware cloth or structure since our property has many...