Recent content by MamaLisa1976

I asked a friend who has chickens also, and she found this interesting tidbit of info.... not sure if it's a "don't believe everything you read on the internet" thing... but fascinating!

Wow!! That is crazy. All of our hens were always pretty quiet, just the occasional clucks... ...your hens actually have their OWN nests? We've provided a nest for each hen, but they all like to lay in the same nest! LOL

That is hilarious!!! She busted into helicopter mode as she did it!! LOL this is so strange!! What is going on!? I saw your comment about the bathroom policies... same thing I thought!! LOL!!!!!

That is so weird... we haven't had a roo around for probably 4 months! I tried to get it on video but my phone was full. :\

Hi all, The weirdest thing just happened to me... I'm enjoying a cup of coffee and wrapping some gifts for a baby shower; got my screen door open to let the fresh air in since it's a nice cool morning. We have 3 hens currently... one is Aurora, from the "first batch" of chicks, about 2.5 yrs...

I read somewhere that you look at the color of their "ears" to determine if they will lay brown or white eggs. Well we have 3 white hens, a brown hen, and a black & white rooster. Our brown hen seems to be the only one laying so far, (They're only 4 mo old and we just got our first 5 eggs in the...

:) I thought it was pretty funny. At first, too, I thought it might be a predator, but they didn't sound threatened, it was a "happy" sound. Just A LOT OF IT and it was loud, and when I went to check on them it was only the rooster and our brown hen, "Henny Penny". :) Our other 3 chickens are...

Got our 5 chickens right around St. Pat's day, they were 1 day old. Hens never made any sounds, until today. Our one rooster has been crowing and crowing, and today I heard him and another hen just "buck-buck-bucKAAW!" back and forth for about 20 minutes. I thought maybe our hen laid a new egg...

We got our first 5 chicks this past March. We have 1 rooster and 4 hens. We kept them inside the house in a makeshift "coop" until my husband finished building them a nice coop outside, with roost and nests for the hens. They are about 4 months old now and we are excited to see that first egg...