Recent content by lilclementine

I have several 16 week old hens of various breeds, plus four 1.5 year old hens (two buff rocks and two barred rocks), and this morning I had SIX eggs. We rarely get four on the same day from the older hens so six eggs is bizarre. I suspect that the two very young buff orpingtons are to be...

Thanks for the welcome! LOL Good question! The buffs look just like the barreds except, obviously, a different color. They don't crow either. We had a barred rooster at one point and these buffs look absolutely nothing like him.

We bought two buff rocks and two barred rocks as three-day old chicks on March 6, 2011. The barred rocks started laying one a day (maybe) back in November, but the buff rocks haven't layed at all yet. I should mention that this is the first time we've owned chickens. Is this normal? We noticed...

Hello everyone! My husband and I have been keeping chickens for the past year and have decided to add a couple of ducks to our home. We have some idea for housing (namely, the inexpensive plywood box idea), but my main question is about their swimming pool. We have two natural springs that run...