Recent content by pclark17

None taken, I appreciate the advice...I guess I just intended quality to mean they have been very well taken care of and they have been very good to us. I am willing to give to a good home or sell, I just want them to go to a good place and thought I would start on here.

I am in Paducah, KY and we are about to put our house on the market. Unfortunately, we are going to have to sell or find a new home for our four laying hens. They are sweet, very gentle, like receiving affection and have been fabulous around our yard/garden. They are all just over 3yrs of age...

I have a near 2 year old RIR in a group of four hens (2 RIR, a BR, and a GLW) all of the same age. For a few weeks now I have noticed that there is an occasional egg from her that has a weak shell but yolk and membrane inside are fine. Yesterday she laid a completely soft shell egg with a...

02/22/2018 at 11:14am

Everyone will probably have a varying opinion but for me, our Barred Rock has been the friendliest. Before her moult began, she was practically a lap pet and loved to be picked up to receive personal attention. Our best layers have been our two Rhode Island Red hens who have been absolute egg...

Packer is making himself at home and has been great so far. Yesterday was nicer out so he spent most of his time outside playing/running. He spotted our four hens near the garden and made a beeline for them. The girls were not amused and calmly hid behind some rose bushes until he lost interest...

I don't know how I never uploaded a pic of the Golden Laced Wyandotte that we rescued this past summer but anyway, here is Hilda!

I did the same thing when I started with my three hens, we rescued another from a bad situation and now have four. My best piece of advice which many BYC members told me, build your own coop! If at all possible, do it. It will be rewarding for you and you can design it based on the...

Meet Packer! He is an 8-week old chocolate labrador retriever and has just joined the family last night. It rained all day yesterday and again this morning so he does not know our four backyard hens exist and they are unaware of his arrival as well. That is all going to change when he gets to...

The three other hens were at least adventurous enough to come out and check out the white stuff! Haha Nuggz wanted nothing to do with it, she spent nearly 4 days inside the coop perfectly content staying inside as long as her feeder and water jug was full. Fortunately the snow and ice didn't...

I had a chocolate lab that lived to be 14, he passed three and a half years ago on his birthday. He had a small white mark on his chest, a spot under his chin, and a few faint spots on the toes of one foot his whole life but was a registered chocolate from registered parents. We are about to...

Three of my four hens are about 15 months old, one of which (our BR) went through a pretty hard molt about 6 weeks ago. She has since gotten the majority of her feathers back but is still not sure about coming to me as she always has. The 2 RIR's have never shown any sign of a molt and have...