Recent content by nitcomb

Quote: Yep, my wife is making totes out of them too.

Louise, our 9 month old Barred Plymouth Rock has been laying fart eggs for the last month. At least a dozen so far.... varying in size & color. Strange....

Our wonderful Buff Orpington died suddenly last week... found her in the morning. She appeared healthy... eating etc. Even layed an egg the afternoon before she died. She was large. She was hesitant to jump off a high roost she managed to fly to. I've heard of chickens damaging organs from...

I visit my Korean grocer almost every day to buy fruit and veggies for my family. Once a week I stop in with a big bag to pick up greens for my chicks. It's a great experience. I walk down the rickety stairs and greet the guys prepping the produce in the basement. They throw away huge amounts...

We integrated an EE with a BO, BPR and GLW. It's taken some time. She was always picked on. As she's grown, she's finally found her place. While now still at the bottom of the order, she's doing ok.

We have one 5 month old EE. Can't wait to see something green.. or pink or blue or anything for that matter! Congrats!

Our GL Wyandotte, Mary Lennox, is VERY vocal with her egg song. For some reason, she seems to carry-on more on Sunday mornings when some of us are trying to get some shut-eye. I try to be the good neighbor (living in Brooklyn, surrounded by many humans) and run out to congratulate her. There...

Our 9 month old BP-Rock has laid 5 'Fart Eggs' in a row. She did some molting over the winter but has laid some normal eggs as well. She appears very healthy and happy. Any ideas?

We have one BO (& 1 EE, 1 BPR 1 GLW). The Buff is super friendly & probably the best layer in the bunch. She gave us our first double yolk recently. She's 8 months and has yet to go broody.

I've been using the Pullet-Shut for about 6 weeks now with no problems. I run it on a 12 volt battery connected to a solar panel.

I've ordered 4 EE hens from My Pet Chicken... 2 turned out to be Roosters.

Our coop went up this past Spring/Summer here in Park Slope. Now home to 4 happy hens. (BPRock, EEgger, GL Wyandotte, & B Orp) Any more BYC's in the neighborhood? Borough? Would love to hear some stories.

We had a fart egg shortly after our hens started laying. Definitely surprised to find that little one in there!

I also have the door from http://www.chickendoors.com/ I just finished installing and programming it this past weekend. So far so good. We've had a good blast of winter this week with night-time temps around 20F. I'm hooked up to a 12v battery with an attached solar panel. My door and...