Recent content by oldhen2345

I use. DE in the coop- when I clean the coop, I sprinkle DE on the roost boards and the shavings. I think it does a good job of preventing mites and lice.

In East Texas 33 degrees and sunny. The chickens are out and about looking for bugs. Egg laying is going back up- all is right with the world

I have 4 three year old hens and 5 16 week old pullets. I have been getting 1 or 2 eggs a day for awhile now- I figure winter slow down. They get fed all flock pellets and treated with sprouts, BOSS, black beans and veggie table scraps. They have grit and oyster shell available. I found a soft...

I agree with you about the salt. I use my eggs mainly scrambled or in baking. They came in real handy this week making 12 apple bread loaves, 3 batches of chocolate chip cookies and 3 batches of Oatmeal raisin cookies. Gonna see how they do in dressing and pumpkin pie.

Exactly right. I always time my chicks to come in the fall and by the time it starts to turn cold, they are fully feathered and out in the chicken yard. By the time they are old enough to lay, spring is here With longer days.

Maybe they had the eggs somewhere else and moved them. I have 2 nesting boxes that I keep marked fake eggs in. One broody hen kept moving all the eggs- including the fake egg into her favorite nesting box every day.

I crack them into a silicone muffin pan- one egg per hole. Then put the muffin pan on a cookie sheet and freeze. When frozen, put them in a freezer bag, removing as much air as I can, then wrap in aluminum foil. I write date and content on packag.

My hens egg laying fell off this summer And I blamed the heat. one hen in particular is 3 and a faithful layer- even in winter. she hasn’t laid an egg in 6 months- not broody, molting or sick. Comb and wattle are red, eyes clear and she is very active. I changed brand of feed and started giving...

Got 2 eggs out o i refresh my flock about every three years. I only have 4 ( sometimes 5) And get 1 or 2 eggs daily these days. I am in the middle of a refresh now. My hens will possibly stay til November. My babies should start laying in February. I have frozen several dozen eggs to tide me...

I currently have hens Angela, Selena and Meg and Peg (look like twin Olive Evers). My chicks are Elizabeth, Gena, Ingrid, Prissy and Rita. Prissy is a bantam Dominique and reminds me of Prissy in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.

Nope, not a sign of a comb

Unknown- they are less than a week old at this point

Cackle Hatchery. I wanted a low number of chicks that were dual purpose. They were all healthy and active on arrival

I got 9 female and 1 Roo from a hatchery. They don’t identify the breeds but they are dual purpose birds. I identified the other chicks, but these stump me. The little red one is really more of a golden yellow than red- camera erred I guess. Anyone want to guess?