Recent content by NCfarmin

Hi everyone, I am ashamed to admit that I bought "started pullets" from Murray McMurray hatchery. I did it because I wanted them to be approximately the same age as my other 5 chickens, who were going to be 18 weeks old when the new birds arrived. The started pullets were advertised as being...

Hi everyone, I am ashamed to admit that I bought "started pullets" from Murray McMurray hatchery. I did it because I wanted them to be approximately the same age as my other 5 chickens, who were going to be 18 weeks old when the new birds arrived. The started pullets were advertised as being...

Thank you for this. Yes, I have considered a guardian dog but with a toddler at the moment, I am not looking for additional responsibility. Maybe down the road. We may just build them a bigger run. Fortunately, we work from home and are gardening, playing with our kid, etc. outside a lot, so...

Thank you so much for your reply. Somehow, I was under the impression that the mammal predators really didn't hunt in the daytime around here. Maybe I am being naive, but that is what the old-timers have told me. I suppose now that I have chickens, things may come out of the woodwork. But if it...

Do the coyotes do it in the daytime? When I lived in Los Angeles, we saw them all the time in the daytime. But out here, I rarely hear them even at night and have never seen one. I would be so surprised. But maybe so...

Hi everyone, I'm a little heartbroken tonight as my Austrolorp--the dumbest and sweetest of my six chickens--was nowhere to be found when I went to put the chickens in their run this afternoon around 5:30 p.m. A bit of background: The chickens are 15 weeks old. They have a coop and an enclosed...

grrrr!

I am only a little bummed to have confirmation that she is an EE. I drove an hour to get these chicks from what I thought was a breeder. In retrospect, even though it was a mom-and-pop shop (https://www.littlebirdiehatchery.com/), maybe they get chicks from hatcheries or don't breed their own. I...

Hi chicken people! This chicken (7 weeks old) was sold to me as an Ameraucana hen, but it doesn't look like pics of that breed I have seen online. Is it just an EE, maybe? (Whatever it is, I think it's pretty.) Thanks! B

Thanks, everyone, for the speedy responses. Looks like it's unanimous - she's a she! Glad to get to keep our most entertaining chicken. Cheers!

Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome! See y'all around.

Hi everyone, Pictured below is the very outgoing, curious, friendly, brave little 7-week-old chicken that we named Rooster ("Roo") for short. I know, not the most creative name. We hope she'll be one of the many pullets named Roo. I started to have my doubts about her gender early on, because...

Hi everyone, I've been reading the forums since we got our first day-old chicks in January. Thought I would introduce myself! I moved with partner & toddler from a city in CA to a little farm in NC last year, and we're slowly adding some animals, starting with chickens. We're brand new to...