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Love the turtle necks! And, ladynewtochicks, their eggs are medium to large brown eggs. And when you look them up for info they don't really put them as good egg layers but they have been wonderful egg layers for us, nearly an egg everyday when they are younger and then every other day when...

Good morning, My Necked Neck/Turken chicks arrived this morning, they made it all the way from Cackle Hatchery in Missouri to San Diego, CA! This is only my second time getting chicks (the last time about four years ago, and then the baby you can see in my profile picture was about three...

Quote: Whenever I get new hay, I clean out the hay barn and give the chickens all the loose stuff to play in. I also use it to fluff up their nest boxes!

Super cute!!!

Also just wanted to say : We get quite a store going as we get 6 per day, and there are only two of us! I usually just force our eggs on parents, friends, co-workers etc lol. But really good to know about the salvation army/food pantry! Do they take them from anyone? Also I can stop making...

My hens got a cantaloupe the market was selling for 99 cents because it was older - and perfect inside! Perfect for this hot, hot day! The ducks got a huge spaghetti lunch from a couple days ago!

Hello, I posted a couple weeks ago that two of my hens had gone broody and hatched 1 and 2 chicks respectively. Well I came out this morning and the chicks were making a ton of noise, and I checked the water and food, and couldn't figure it out. But then i noticed the chicks' feet were...

We have a small flock of six naked neck hens and 1 naked neck rooster. We've had three for about 1.5 years and the other 4 for about a year. Two of our girls went broody so we thought what the heck, let's see what happens - assuming they'd either abandon the eggs (which they've done before) or...

Hello, our Saanen goat, Gigi, has been milking beautifully for about a month and a half. Yesterday she came down with really bad diarrhea and low appetite. I called the vet who said to try some pepto bismol and see what happens. And to bring a stool sample tomorrow if it doesn't clear up. So...

We purchased a Saanen goat that was pregnant from a person that seemed to have a lot of experience and a large, healthy herd. The deal was she wanted to kid Gigi out at her place, and keep one of the babies. So the day after she gave birth we brought Gigi and the baby home. Everything was...

We originally had three naked neck hens and when those were about 7 months old, added 3 more naked neck hens and a rooster. Up until this morning, one of the older chickens (Gertie) had never allowed the rooster to mate with her. And the rooster was always submissive to her. This morning I...

Love your set up! The best part was definitely the dog-rooster interaction: "ooohhh" Lol. I wish I had a dog that safely chase our somewhat opinionated rooster around!

My six girls hadn't produced a single egg in about three days. I thought maybe the winter hours has finally stopped their egg laying and didn't think too much. Until this morning, when I couldn't locate the sixth girl. I found her laying on a clutch of eggs of about 16 where they sleep! She...

I just wanted to second this story to say that a rat was bringing things (from the compost) into the girls nesting boxes and one day it was dead-flat out on the area in front of the boxes! His eyes and other body parts completely gone. The day before one of the eggs was broken in the nest...

Vlad is a naked-neck/turken rooster. He is mostly white with deep green, iridescent tail feathers-very handsome! He is much bigger than the naked-neck hens, who I have no problems picking up.