Recent content by StacyShoreview

My flock is brand new (brought home this past Sunday) from a local family farm (90% female run). Three of the babies are 2-weeks, and my Wyandottes are 5-weeks. Since it was our first time outside, we setup shop inside a portable run, and I brought their food and water. They seemed to have...

I have a handful of chicks - and one of them was behaving a little suspicious yesterday. It was a warm, sunny day, so I took the ladies outside to have some fresh air....but while outside one of my wyandottes looked like she was trying to crow. Is this normal for a lady, or do I have a roo in...

I FINALLY purchased my flock: 2-week old hatchlings of the following: 2 Buff Orps 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes (these ladies are 5-weeks old) 1 White Ameraucana The chicks were purchased from a local, family owned store. I was told they were 90% female. Yesterday in MN, the weather was warm and...

I'm a new member in the process of completing my first chicken coop! I knew starting a backyard flock of my own was in my future after recently visiting some family in SW Minnesota; my family were originally city-dwellers who relocated to the country and had their own egg laying flock of 60...