Recent content by laurenelisabeth

I pulled a bunch of "empties" from my hatch at day 7. When I cracked them open, most were infertile, but one had a developing chick. Whether I killed it or not, I don't want to know. I marked air cells at day 10, and noticed another empty looking egg. Because I had missed it before, and now I'm...

My free range chickens love to nest under the deck during the day, and we're going to need a third coop for breeding/chicks in the spring. I've been looking into different coops and watching Craigslist BUT I like working with what I have, so I've come up with this crazy idea for a coop under the...

The roo we have now (Ron Swanson) is super easygoing. He herds them into the coop at night (they free range), but that's about it when it comes to his protector duties. We also have a second coop we could start using if need be.

Our flock currently consists of 1 golden laced wyandotte roo, 6 BR, 2 White rocks, 1 RIR, & 1 BO. I'm looking into getting a 2nd established flock with 3 hens & a rooster. 13 hens is enough to ease discord between the boys, right?

Okay thanks! I purchased them from a local woman, who had some chicks she had bred, and some from the hatchery. The barred have a big discrepancy in size, and I'll be culling most of them next year when we incubate new eggs.

They're all supposed to be the same age, the whites are actually bigger than the barred. They should all be laying soon.

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I purchased a group of white & barred rocks earlier this spring, and now I notice their combs are different sizes. The barred have average sized, prominent combs, and the white have smaller almost none existent ones. Are they the same breed, or was there a mix up?