Recent content by Sphinx

You all came up with great ideas too late. I went out to get it and found this. (So glad I have an automatic chicken door).

Omg. Cutting it open sounds like a better idea than leaving it outside to see if a critter eats it. BRB.

Ive been keeping chickens more than ten years and this is a first for me. This was in my coop today. Two totally normal eggs. One egg that had a sandpaper texture (had that happen but not often) and then the other nightmare. Some of my hens are quite geriatric, (like 8-9 years old) but none...

Wow, that's a lot to deal with; I'm so sorry Cynthia. I think Alzheimer's is the scariest thing out there. I primarily only hatch chickens for the local schools, or if someone asks me to. I still have a pretty magic touch with that. I love hatching for others because I get to see all of the...

Blast from the past here! I feel bad that I've been MIA for a while. Too much life coming at me, I guess. For the newbies, I live in Davis county. I used to have acreage and lots of chickens, now I'm in surburbia and have 7 chickens (the legal limit). I have 2 FBCM (though they're both very...

Update: 4 of the 8 have hatched. Egg 5 has pipped. Egg 6 is tapping away and chirping (I felt it when I rearranged the chaos that Chick #4 created when it hatched) Eggs 7 and 8 haven't pipped yet, but we are 3 days early. These guys are silkies, which tend to hatch a little early in my...

I have a batch of silkies hatching today. One has already hatched. One is zipping right now (8:49am MDT) and two more are pipped. There's a total of 8 (though the hatched chick is off to the brooder)...

I stumbled on Poultry-palooza (I was supposed to be going to an event next door) and wandered in. It was so great! You put on a great event, iPickYupik. I was especially excited because I got to see cemanis in person for the first time ever.

Miss you Sundancenbare! You used to accidentally call me nearly every day. I miss hearing from you! Please call me (for real) when you get back so we can visit!

I'm baaaaaaaaack! I'm sorry I ghosted. It's just not as interesting when I can't do all of my mad scientist breeding stuff, and only can have six hens. I still have the six I whittled down to when I moved two years ago. (2 FBCM, 2 OE, 1 EE and 1 always broody silkie) I have a friend who lives...

Does anyone in Davis or Weber county have hatching eggs? I'm supposed to start a hatch today for a local school and my supplier fell through. I'd be happy to give the chicks back if you have valuable stock that you don't want to give up.

Blast from the past! Things with my chickens have been so boring that I haven't had anything to say. I did get solar powered lights for supplemental lights this year, which has been an interesting experiment. I think I need more because on gray days like this, the lights are dim at night and...

The center one is definitely a boy. I am not ready to call the other two pullets, but I feel better about them.

Yeah, the blue is DEFINITELY a boy. With your blacks, I see one definite cockerel.

I'm pretty darn good at sexing fbcm, so if you want to take a picture of your batch, I'll do my best. I do notice that the boys get the copper coloring early, and their combs do get bigger quicker.