Recent content by zndzant

Hi Brandy! Welcome! I have someone eating eggs too. Trying to figure out who it is. You have some birds I've never heard of. I'm going to have to go look them up. :)

@GardenJen77 Welcome! I was new here last year, and have found everyone to be very friendly, and a wealth of knowledge. On a more sober note, I sent my RIR rooster to freezer camp this morning. :( He attacked my mom twice, and he was really hard on my girls, so it was time. But still a...

Hey everyone. What's the best way to dispatch my roo? He's just too rough on my girls and he attacked my mom twice, so it's time. I have a girl who has a huge sore mon her back from his claws. Noticed yesterday she was fluffed up and away from the others, but was drinking. Today I slathered her...

Best of luck starting out with your babies! They're so much fun. My girls batted 1.000! for the first time ever yesterday. 8 for 8! Go girls. I was so excited. :)

Welcome! I got my chickens last spring so im relatively new to them too. I would go with the bigger coop. The coop i have is 4x8 and is maxed out on space with 8 girls and a rooster. Do you know what breeds of chicks you want? I went for an assortment 2 barred rocks, 2 black australorps, 2...

Yeah, shiny is the right answer, but im smack in the middle of a nasty headcold and only half here. But it seems like a good time to throw the DVDs in and do a rewatch!

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You did not seriously just reference Firefly here did you? Because squee!

Enjoying the beautiful sunshine here today. The girls are all inside the coop enjoying it pouring through the southfacing window. They all have little nests hollowed out in the wood shaving bedding and are lyong on their sides blissfully twittering away. Meanwhile, my not too bright RIR roo is...

Thanks guys! So far he's doing good. Nobody wanted to come out to that evil white stuff this morning. So they're still indoors. I do wear a heavy Carhartt coat when I go out to do chores so I just need to make sure to wear my gloves. And wait till well after dark. He's definitely something...

Ive tried to get him off the roost. Dont know if it's just him, or the nature of my coop/roost setup. I have to open the doors on the back to gain access to the roosts and while the girls sleep away peacefully,as soon as you try to grab him he is all flappy wings and pecky.My hands arent big...

Cool egg! This is my monster egg for the day. I also am a little bit worried about my roo. Besides the frostbite his comb got during the last cold snap, he somehow has gotten his back toe on one foot injured/frostbitten. And there is not a thing I can do to help him. I can't get my hands on...

Why do I get the feeling they're not paying attention in church?

@RaZ So you're admitting you've always had a knack for causing trouble? ;) lol Somebody's got to give the establishment h*ll! Keeps 'em honest.

@1muttsfan Yep. It was a sad day in Armada when he passed. He was so active in the community. My senior year, 1979, the girls softball team made it to the State Finals which were to be held in Clare. There wasn't money in the budget to send us the day before. When Doc found out that we were...