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Quote: Seriously! That would have to be one heckuva scooper!

That's great! Glad to hear it all worked out. This is the kind of story that happens in my house all the time. My husband has a funny way of spending twice what I expect him to whenever I send him out for stuff. He just pays whatever and doesn't think to talk to a manager or anything. Then I...

It sounds weird, but lots of stores don't match online prices in the B&M store. I don't recall exactly why, but it might have something to do with the cost savings of online versus on-hand inventory, or possibly even making sure that individual store sales (as in profits) don't suffer at the...

I have an Easter egger who's been a beak-breather ever since I got her last September. I've wormed her with Ivermectin, but it made no difference. She's healthy, nice and solid, lays large eggs like clockwork, eats and poops like a champ. She just breaths through her beak all the time. I've...

Here's a photo of Welsummer eggs from Feathersite: Welsummer eggs They're usually very dark brown, much darker than brown eggs in the store, for instance, or barred rock eggs. Wellies also tend to be a little older before starting to lay. My money's on your barred rocks as far as who's laying...

I think that's very cool, teaching a chicken to walk on a leash. Patience, perseverance, and lots of treats would be my method. Just like a dog. I used to see a guy every day at the Public Market in Seattle who had his cat on a leash. The cat walked alongside him just like a dog. Seemed to...

Your chicken will be fine, but I'm sad to say that your hairband's a goner.

Thanks Glenda. I'm inclined to agree that this citrus thing is an urban chicken myth, so to speak. Some folks say it's the acidity in citrus that's bad, but then those same folks might advocate putting vinegar in the chickens' water. Go figure. When you only have a few hens, I think it's easy...

That chart doesn't say why chickens shouldn't eat citrus, which is funny since it does explain all of the other no-nos. So, why can't chickens eat citrus? Is it just the peels, or is it the whole thing? Technically, pineapple isn't a citrus fruit. It's acidic, but not citrus. It's a member of...

At 5:30 this morning, when the ladies woke up me and the spouse with very loud demands to be released into the yard, the ultrasonic anti-bark collar idea seemed brilliant. Actually, it stills seems pretty clever as I fight off a nap. I've seen an ultrasonic anti-bark gadget that looks like a...

Caught several hens on the nest acting like they were laying ,even got of the nest cackling like they laid, but did not. No eggs. #5 makes me wonder if maybe you've got a few broody birds. Ditto for #3. My broody barred rock's legs went pale (and her shells AND yolks went WHITE!) right before...

Quote: I'll swap you my broody 8-month-old barred rock for your nonbroody barred rock! She was my best layer up until 5/10, when she decided "it's time." Should call it moody instead of broody. Jeesh!

De fence is your only defense! I put up those little green wire fences around my garden beds. Works for the most part, but sometimes they get ambitious and find their way over. The vegetable garden has 4-foot bird netting around it, and that seems to be enough to make them move along. There's...

I saw that poultrysite page a few days ago in my hunt for answers to this, but I agree with lisahaschickens that it's geared toward commercial farmers who want to color up the yolks for commercial sale. That's not really applicable here, because she's eating the same foods as the other two...

I'm new to chickens, so can you offer suggestions on how to address a protein problem? She eats a lot of Layena (she dives into it when she gets up in the a.m. and several times throughout the day), plus sunflower seed chips for treats. She also eats a lot of worms and bugs while she's free...

Hi, I tried posting this in Egglaying, but got no replies. Maybe this is a better forum for this issue. My barred rock pullet started laying eggs with pure white yolks about a week ago. Eggs are still a consistent 2 ounces and same brown color. This was at the end of a 22-day nonstop run of...

My barred rock pullet recently started laying eggs with pure white yolks. She laid her first egg on March 3, and has been a hardcore layer ever since, barely missing a day. In fact, she laid every single day from April 4 through April 25, laying every 23-24 hours. Her yolks were a rich...

Yep, if you plant it, they will come (and destroy!). Fence it in. I've learned one solid truth in less than a year of keeping chickens: There's no such thing as chicken-proofing a garden. Chicken-resistant, sure, but not chicken-proof. They're tricky!

I have freakishly consistent chickens. From Egg One, all three have laid eggs that are exactly 2 ounces. (I weigh them on a digital scale.) Before they started laying I was expecting those little pullet eggs. Nope. Nothing but 2 ouncers every single time. But from what I've been told, these...

I keep an Excel spreadsheet similar to the one jossanne described earlier, except mine is broken down by individual chicken since I only have three. One worksheet per chicken: date laid, time, time since last egg, size, and notes. I also have a running total of eggs per hen and grand total eggs...