Hey there---I just bought my first 14 Cornish X chicks from Tractor Supply in Albermarle, NC. I got them home and I am slightly concerned because they seem to have the sniffles.....It's the same place I bought my 20 Easter Eggers (labeled Ameracaunas, of course) whom I am in LOVE with!!! I am...
My boyfriend and I grew up in Fayetteville and my BF's mother still lives there (my folks moved to Greenville, NC recently after over 30 years in Fayetteville). She sent us an article from the Fayetteville Observer from Easter time (Weekend Edition or the insert they put in regarding...
I lost my Barred Rock, Eagle Eye a few weeks ago to a hawk. Last week, I lost my best kitty friend, Nim Nim to a hawk. I am so sad about all this. First pic is my daughter with Nim Nim when she was a kitten, followed by a couple more of Nim Nim and then Eagle Eye the Barred Rock.
R.I.P my...
Two days after losing our beloved Eagle Eye to a hawk, I came out to the coop and found this:
She was sitting on one, also, so three eggs that day! I still miss my BR Eagle Eye. 21.5 weeks old.
We had a Buff Orpington that was 21 1/2 weeks old that we culled this weekend. He was so rough with the hens. He tried to mate while one was laying and tore up a bunch of back feathers. He tore one of their ears almost all the way off. Our Barred Rock is the same age and when I turn my back, he...