Recent content by ruthanne

Okay, I have been elected to be the Poultry Leader of our 4H club. I think I'm gunna need some help, I dont know where to start. What do I do at my first meeting?

Thank you, I just started raising chickens in March. I got these girls from McMurray's as chicks. An we are loving the eggs.

I cant beleave it I finally have all four hens laying. I got 4 eggs on Thursday. They are 23 weeks, 3 are orpingtons, 1 Australorp. I dont have pics of the eggs but I have pics of them.

Pine shavings here too.

We got our third egg today, the next day after the second not 5 day wait for another egg. And its larger than the others. My daughter was so eggcited when she found it. They are all 18 wks and will turn 19 wks on Saturday. The other three are not laying yet but soon. Congrats on all the...

Oh, they are on dirt. There coop floor is dirt, and I let them out during the day in the backyard to eat the grass and bugs. And my daughter just went out to check on eggs, and found one in the nest. It is the small one next to the store bought egg.

Thank you so much this helps. They are on Pre-laying feed I still have 1/2 a bag so can I mix it with the Laying feed so as not to wast that bag? I do feed them spinish and salad scraps, along with apples there is an apple tree in the middle of there coop so apples sometimes fall into there...

is there anything else I should be feeding them.

I'm wondering what kind of feed should they be on at 19 weeks. When do I change there feed. I have them on a laying crumble that I mix with the rest of there chick starter. I am also giving them greens every day, and once a week I am throwing in some scratch.

I agree with you. Gerti layed her first egg last saturday and we havent seen anything since. So, I have been just checking at night when i put them away, and it there is an egg that will be a nice suprise. They will be 19 weeks this Saturday so it is still early for them to lay.

Love your coop.

We got one tiny egg 4 days ago and havent got any since. Idid see gerti in the hen house sitting and making lots of noise, but when she came out nothing.

We got our first egg this afternoon. The girls were hanging around the Hen house not a common thing for them. When my daughter came home from Golf we went to look for the egg. It is small like a bantam egg. I hope they get bigger. One down and 3 more to go.

I have pictures pullets are 17 weeks. Gerti she started squating yesterday, Buff Orpington Penny is one of my Buff Orpingtons Josephine Black Australorp Pearl is my White Orpington These guys are so hard to get pictures of.

I just got back from a 4 day mini vacation in San Diego, went out to see my hens and Gerti started squating. I am hopping that this means she is very close. I will post pictures later tonight. They are 17 weeks. Oh, and Congrads to all you who got your first eggs this week. Its raining...