Recent content by Summer Dreams

Quote: I got mine from Meyer Hatchery. Their catalog says the golden buff is also known as a golden comet, golden sex link, cinnamon queen, or red star. Incidentally, my golden buff (Sassy) laid an even bigger egg today...3.3 ounces!

I weigh all the jumbos just out of curiosity. I wonder if all golden buffs produce jumbo eggs? Maybe I should buy some more of them and see...and try to find a better way to store the eggs, since they don't fit in the carton!

Three weeks into laying, my golden buff laid this jumbo egg. It weighed 2.9 ounces, but wasn't a double yolker. I thought the poor girl must have been traumatized by the size of it, but I guess she didn't mind. She's been laying jumbo eggs ever since!

It's deer hunting season here in Pennsylvania, and since we live out in the country I've been wearing a blaze orange knit cap when I go to the barn. This morning, after I filled the feeder and checked for eggs, my 5-month-old Welsummer roo decided he didn't like my hat. I was leaving the barn...

Awesome! I can't wait until my girls start laying.

Hello! It's nice to be a part of BYC, and I'm sure I'll learn a lot here. My husband and I recently bought a house on 20 acres in western Pennsylvania, and we are loving it. He gets to play in the dirt, and I get to play with chickens and goats! It seemed like everybody we knew had chickens...

I'm a newbie to raising chickens, and I am wondering about molting. I have 15 chickens who are just over 3 months old. Will they molt even though they aren't mature? I've noticed some feathers on the ground near the coop, but none of them are looking scraggly yet.