Recent content by sew0913

Hi there and welcome!! I get my chicks from Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio. After March 31st, the minimum is only three. I've had great luck with them (although I've never had chicks shipped... I pick them up). Re: egg-laying in the winter... extra light is known to work. Although, I feel the...

Phoebe (Lavender Orpington) doesn't believe in waiting her turn... https://youtu.be/WjWOoksIRqo

Somehow I missed these responses! These were oh-so-long ago! Was still learning my way around the site. Anyhow... your photos definitely speak Welsummer to me! Sorry for such a long delay in my response and appreciation to all the posts on this!

Hello... This chick was supposed to be a Speckled Sussex. Obviously, she's not THAT. But I'm torn between Welsummer and Partridge Rock. The hatchery said P.R. but I bounce back and forth depending on what photo I happen to see online. Any thoughts?

I have one Buckeye... she's one of the four new pullets I got in July. Gosh, she's a bold one. Love her!

They ARE gorgeous!!

We got our first egg this week too! From my 4 1/2 month old Ameraucana. So exciting!

TREATS, TREATS, and more TREATS. Anytime I go outside, they run to me and follow me everywhere. Three fight to sit on my lap (and shoulders sometimes) while the others just stay close. They're just over four months old and not laying yet. I do have a new 'rescue' hen (she was getting beat up by...

Thanks! It's definitely on my 'road trip' list sometime soon!

I've never been there... gonna have to take a road trip one of these days!