Recent content by Moon Goddess

My wife is obsessed with drag queens so four of ours are named after famous ones: Adore, Alaska, Trixie, and Katya. Then we have four RIR we can’t really tell apart so we named them The Weasleys, from Harry Potter. For some reason that kind of morphed into them all being named Chucky though so I...

I’m not sure exactly where she came from, my dad bought her from a lady my mom works with. But I had requested a mix of brown and blue egg layers and she lays the prettiest little light blue eggs. I got 8 others from the same person but she’s the only one with the lavender coloring. I wish I had...

My little Easter Egger, Bucky. I think she is just the prettiest chicken. She was the most skittish of all my pullets but now that she’s laying she has become super friendly. If I sit in the grass with a leg propped up she likes to go under my knee, and if I walk through the yard she runs up to...

My run originally had a fence that did not allow them under their coop, so it had some tall grass and underbrush under and around the base. When I built a new fence I went ahead and made their run bigger so it would encompass the coop, mostly so they could also have it as shelter while outside...

This summer we bought several pullets from a friend that were the same age as my girls and the integration of the birds went great. Until it was dusk and the new girls didn’t want to go in the coop with the original chickens. It was so hot this summer I had a sun canopy popped up in the run for...

Wow! I’m amazed she survived. I’m sad she was reduced to the last rung on the pecking order, but she’s still lucky :) I had 5 chickens killed by a dog that broke into their run while nobody was looking. Last I saw he was on leash and nowhere near the chickens but I guess his owner decided our...

Any advice on chicken training a blue tick coon hound? He is probably the most stubborn dog I have ever met. My parents sent him to a 2 week board and train program with an electric collar and when he got home from that he figured out he doesn’t mind the shock anymore and still just does what he...

I am also new to chickens this season, I got mine in early April. However I decided to go all in and start with a flock of 12. :) We keep all of our eggs in a basket on the kitchen counter and have never had any trouble with them being unsafe to eat. I have given away and sold some of the eggs...

Okay of course she waits ten minutes after I post this and then comes strutting on out. Aside from a funky asymmetrical new tail ‘do she seems fine. I guess I worry too much about these cuties :)

I had my chickens out free-ranging today after I got home from work. My grandmother lives in another house on the property, and not realizing my chickens were out let their dog outside. At first he just ran off to do his thing, but then I saw him and grabbed his collar when he got near the...

I’d have to go back and look at it, but I think the recipe is for making a 500lb batch haha so would have to scale it down a good bit

Yeah we definitely don’t plan to sell them as certified organic, but would like say they are organically fed. It is definitely an important distinction! Thanks for your response and advice :)

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens this year. I have always wanted them but never had the opportunity. I got 8 chicks in April, and after some losses and additions I now have 12 pullets that should be laying in the next couple of weeks! (2) How...

Has anyone ever made their own feed for their chickens? I have found several recipes online (and in a self sustaining farming reference book from the 70s, which is what inspired me to think about it haha), but I’m not sure if it is a good idea, or even cost effective. Right now the feed we buy...