Thank you all. In order to add some more excitement to the eggs I had a friend get me some easter eggers it was to be 2 of them but he got six being that that lady that had them didn't want to keep any. So my problem is thata few of them have the feathered cheeks and some don't I know that EE...
This is our first egg it came from our barred rock we put it next to a large store bought egg.I am not sure how old the hen is we got them somewhat grown but they were not laying yet. I thought we would have to wait until spring to get any eggs being that its the end of November and have already...
It is so rewarding to incorporate the kids in building maintaining and caring for the chickens. In the last 3 days one of our hens has started laying 1 egg a day so each morning we take the kids out and they get to find the egg.
This is monster our Dominique rooster he looks awesome when deciding on a breed to start our flock with we considered everything we could find as far as egg laying, attitude, looks and we fell for the Dominique breed. Considering that it was the first breed brought to america it was simple to go...
Hello everyone. I am new to BYC as well as being a chicken owner well or a rabbit owner. Now I am both. My girlfriend and I got the idea to build a chicken coop so that we could get some chickens for our 4 children to interact with and learn about how things should be when it comes to food. The...