Recent content by passionlady

Thank you all so much. Apparantly I have TWO sex-links laying now!!!! YAY!!! I was gone for a few hours and came home to find another egg in the nesting box and it wasn't touched by my bantam so.....maybe it was just a one time thing??? I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'd hate to have to get...

Ok, this may seem to be a silly question but, if I cull her out, where am I supposed to put her? We have a large "house" my father designed for the chickens which can hold many more than I have and their "yard" is large and closed in with chicken wire all around it. My sex-links are allowed to...

Thank you all for your help. It will break my son's heart to get rid of her (luckily the person we got them from is a family friend and said we can return them any time) but I just don't understand why she would all of a sudden start doing this. Like I said, she is a few years old and they...

I have six red sex-link chickens, two bantam leghorns and a bantam leghorn rooster. One of my sex-links started laying about a week ago, much to my surprise because we got them April 23rd so I was expecting it wouldn't be until late November that they would start laying. It was a wonderful...

Hi everyone. First off, I'm new to raising chickens. I bought six red sex-links in April and have enjoyed them so much! Yesterday, my 9 year old brought home three bantam leghorns, one of which is a rooster. The little stinker (my son) knew one was a rooster but wanted to play a trick on me...

Hi everyone! I'm new to owning chickens and stumbled upon this site a couple months ago. I've been reading posts in the forum and have found this site to be extremely informative and helpful. Thanks to my children begging me, I bought six red sexlinks about two months ago. I must honestly...