This is Buffy, not the best photo of her. She's a gentle soul, but not the sharpest tool in the box
She's new to laying and is so far laying mostly double-yolked eggs!
(this is two of her eggs)
Betsy the Boss Lady
Fiesty little Feathers, who protects us all from blue jays (she hates them with a passion)
These two have formed a girl gang, and they pick on my only older hen Belle, unfortunately.
Thank you!
I figured out how to post a photo - here are two of Buffy's double-yolked eggs this morning. My daughter asked for two eggs - is this two or four? :)
This is our fenced enclosure around a kit coop. The fence is only high enough if I keep everyone's wings clipped. But they seem happy. :) We have 4 chickens at the moment, no plans to go over that number.
Hello, I joined about 1 1/2 years ago and I now realize I was supposed to do an intro post.
I'm in Berkeley, CA with a husband, two kids, two cats, and currently four backyard hens.
I grew up in a small town in central CA. We had chickens and it was always my job to take care of them. (It...
Greetings,
We adopted three just-feathered chicks this spring and they finally started laying about 3 weeks ago. They are one Buff Orpington and two black/white Rocks.
Buffy the Orpington is laying huge double-yolked eggs every time. While entertaining to us, I read on the forum that this...
Hello, I am new to the forum today. I live in Berkeley, CA and have two hens. One is a Red Star and the other is, I think, an Orpington. I adopted the Orpington in August and bought the Red Star as a pullet to keep her company.
They have a store bought coop with raised roost and nesting boxes...