Recent content by Sukigirl

I'm so sorry I just reposted and tried to reply a couple of times! Still trying to figure out how to navigate this site on my iPhone! I'm fairly new as well and I had no idea what squatting meant until one day when I got close to my EE she started "cowering" especially if I tried to pet her. I...

Hi there! I know you posted quite a long time ago but I'm having a soft egg problem with one of my six layers. Just curious about the vitamin D you gave. Was it a solid tablet (not gel) that you were able to crush? Also, after crushing the Calcium and the D did you feed it straight up or mixed...

It happened!!! My EE finally gave me her first beautiful egg this morning. I'm so Egg-cited!!!!

I have one EE that is about 29 weeks and she still hasn't laid any eggs yet I'm sure being in NY and approaching the shortest day of the year isn't helping. Anyway, she is the sweetest and friendliest bird of my flock, I love her anyway. I'm hoping she'll lay a beautiful blue/green egg for me...

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Thanks for the warm welcome! I currently have a Polish rooster, an Easter Egger, a Barred Rock, 2 sex-linked hens and 2 other unknown mixed breed ladies! This coming spring I'll be adding 2 Cream Legbars. I free ranged them for a few months but then one was picked off by a hawk :( So we built...

I've been feeding my flock Scratch & Peck for months now and love it! They all look so healthy. I'm a newbie so I have never heard of fermenting. I'm very excited to try it! If it's healthier and also stretches the feed it sounds like a win win! Thanks everyone!

Thank you for allowing me to become a member of BYC. Although I had chickens as a child (many moons ago lol) 8 months ago I decided to start raising chickens for the eggs and experience for my own children. I am so hooked now!!!!