Recent content by LilyFarm

Thank you for clearing this up. I am just under one year learning about chickens and very grateful for this forum! Duke is a rather handsome fellow, very low key and not aggressive. He won't even defend his hens from guinea attacks!

I have a mixed flock of 18 year-old hens and one roo; also 4 guineas. The guneas roost with the chickens but run around in the coop yard and beyond. The gunea cocks are very aggressive toward the hens. One of the hens - a Buff Rock - has gone broodie (2 days now) and I would like her to hatch...

okay, so here are pictures of my only roo and two of the EEs. Maybe both show muffs and not tufts as I originally surmised? Thanks for all your feedback about hatching eggs from these 2 girls.

Sooo, to be clear................I have an Auracana rooster (tufted) and 3 Americana/Easter Egger hens (tufted,) along with 15 misc brown egg layers. If I want more green or blue eggs from offspring of these guys should I remove the green and blue eggs (due to gene-driven mortality) from my...

Thank you both! I guess I am worrying for the chickens unnecessarily. The chollas days are numbered, but for only for my quality of life1

We have cholla ('choi-ya") cactus on our place and a critter (rat probably) that likes to arm it's nests (several under/around/in the woodshed I'm remodeling for the henhouse) with thorn clusters, hundreds of them. Think of a cluster of 6-8 thorns 1/2 to 3/4 inch long radiating out from a...