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My chicks are coming from "chickens for backyards" - tomorrow...anyone have experience w this hatchery? Should arrive tomorrow at 7:15 or 8:15 delivery..I'll be waiting!

My mother's fav. roo "Puddin" Delaware mix 9 months old All Male!

My mother's favorite roo "Puddin" - a mix between Delaware and Rhode Island Red

$25. Dang nab-it... I just paid $53 for a 50lb bag today (south coast Oregon) I use it everyday. Every morning after I clean the coop I sprinkle around where the girls roost at nite and in corners etc..really helps w smell and the girls mix it up with the sand. I use sweet pdz about once a week...

Expired cream cheese block rolled in chicken scratch and lots of tomato skins from canning. Very happy flock!

I love the nesting pads...I'm ordering another six so I can swap out when I clean them every couple of months...I'll never go back to pine shavings. And I've recently changed from pine shavings to sand in the inside coop....much easier and much less to remove each morning..I love the great...

99.9% sure is wasn't predator...and I have a kennel I can move broody mama into..however it seems to be traumatic for her to be separated from the rest...I tried earlier and was disaster. I'm going to try leaving them on their own. The brutes. I combed thru the entire area, but no trace. I...

Gosh darn dang it! Went to show one of my friends my cute little chick...and lo and behold, gone. Not a trace. Both my inside and ouside coops are totally predator proof so that means it was an inside job. Now, to add to the drama, another hen (suspect#1)has done a hostile takeover of the...

I may try "fancy" chickens someday when I feel a little more confident in my abilities!

Quote: Well she is 4 months old and I don't think she still has a buddy, she hangs out with one of our bantam roos and keeps away from us as much as possible. I only have been close to her when treating for worms and mites. But she has been coming closer when i bring out the mealworms so...

Quote: I've heard that the mama will distance herself from chicks after a certain age, that's why it will be kind of sad for the "only child" to be off on her own...how did your one chick do on her/his own? Well she is 4 months old and I don't think she still has a buddy, she hangs out with...

Quote: Mom is Americana...the 5 eggs in the nest feel kind of light but mom is still sitting on them so I'll wait for another day to see if they hatch. Chick will be very spoiled only child. Her color looks like my buff brahmas, one of my bantams had an only child, mama stayed with her for...