Recent content by lisa71

my husband figured it out she was being sneaky and digging in a corner that wasn't real viable to us. so we had to make the wire go down farther and then added dirt. so hopefully that will work.

there is a top on the whole thing and the walls are about 6 feet high and from what i can see she can't get under the wire fence.But no the wings are not clipped.

Ok so I have 5 backyard chickens they are a year old. Well my question is how do i keep one of them in their run? Somehow one of my silly girls has decided she doesn't want to be with her sisters... i looked in the run and the hen house to see if there is a way she is getting out but i don't...

picture frame

ok thanks lol...well today we were getting ready to make brownies and we cracked one open and there was 3.. It was really neat.

Is it normal for my chickens to have double yolk eggs? I have recently given my in-laws around 18 eggs..well so far 6 of them have been double yolks..

cuckoo bird

left turn

right turn

Right now

Friday we got our first egg..we are so happy. :) it was small but a start. Now we are excited for more.

oh yeah one more thing...how often do they need grit if they are still on starter food? do they just need it if i give them scraps and do i just put it in a pan of some sort or just throw it in their coop? we let them out in our yard for about an hour or so every day but we don't have rocks or...

thanks for your help