Recent content by Ruth A Allison

Great job. When can my girls and I come over for a sleep over...LOL..LOL..

Thats a great guess house, Can me and my girls come for a sleep over? LOL..LOL..

05-25-2013 5:14am

I've heard this before, but its nice to here it from BYC. I started with pine shaving - went to hay - straw- and back to pine, My girls like it, its easy to clean up. Never heard about sand? but its nice to know. some times one of my girls will lay on the ground (sand-gravel) now I know its ok...

I know.....its a chicken, and a very cute one at that.

cant wait for you to get started. I really enjoy my 5 hens, and now that they are laying (avg of 30 per week) I wish I had started with a dozen chicks. there is 5 in my family, and everyone wonts the fresh eggs, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, ect, ect. I purchased my chicks the...

7525. Just think there will be a good turn out, due to it being spring and all.

who knows, half of the fun is watching them grow up, then its a little easer to tell.

I have found that my small flock of 6 like pine needels,leaves and that really tall grass that grows at the fence line. I dry the grass first otherwise they eat it. and I find this all around the neiborhood on my walks just 1 or 2 bags and I'm good for the week.

Thank you all for the worm welcome, all my hens are laying now and the kids loves to collect the eggs.

always had a bird of some sort, but now that I liver were live stock is alowed, I went for the chickens. They started laying last week. 4 out of 5 are laying a egg (of some sort) every day, but I thing one hen has not started laying yet? They are all just 5 month old so I'm not worried too much...

Have been reading everyone's good advice and tips for months......ok almost a year know. started raising chicks in Sep 2012, they are doing fine and have been living outside for several months now, only a small flock of 5, 2 RIR, 2 EE and 1 white and black??? should have eggs in late Feb/Mar. I...