I currently have two hens with eggs hatching today. The larger girls first hatch. I was going on the idea that you don't look under them until enough time for all to hatch. The first finally appeared yesterday afternoon. Just now I decided to look under her as I still only saw the one chick...
Got my order from Meyer today. 6 arrived via
Express overnight mail. All are lively eating and drinking. 1 BCM, 1 Splash maran, 1 blue Americauna, 3 black Australorps.
Fingers crossed they all are hens.
The PO showed me another shipment that someone had ordered and only paid for Priority...
Happy New Year everyone.
Just reporting on my awesome Cochin egg layers. Its been awhile and last time I think I was here
I was still waiting on eggs. Happy to report that all three of my girls are now laying pretty much
an egg every day. They are awesome layers!! It was worth the wait...
So since building our coop and run last year and getting banged up fingers pounding nails the old
fashioned way, I bought hubs a nail gun for Christmas. He is not appreciative. What gives?
He says he will not have much use for it. I haven't broke the news to him yet of my plans for...
This may be a little off topic but my Australorp hen has a lot of feathers missing on
her back from our breed happy roo. Does anyone know where I can get a pattern
to make her some of those little aprons?
Thanks so much!
Mine did just fine. We had only a few flakes of snow here in Spartanburg and then cold rain.
As long as I keep the feeder from going empty, mine are happy with whatever and they laid
the same amount of eggs as usual.
This morning I saw a hawk swoop down two times towards the coop and run. The chix were out in the run. I have heard of hawks but finally saw for my own
eyes that they will try and attack chickens. Wow, what an eye opener. It swooped down twice trying to get into the run which is covered with...
I got my first Cochin egg yesterday!!! At least I think it was one of my Cochin girls who laid it, I do have an Australorp the
same age and I am waiting on her too. They are all 22 wks old. The egg is very light brown in color.
Anyhow, I was thrilled! My splash Blue Andalusian girl has been...
Mine seem to love pecking through the straw when it is first pit down. I think they are eating something falling from the straw. Now my dilemma is that my husband has thrown 30 bucks worth of grass seed down in the bare areas out back and the chickens are back there having a blast. They have...
Thx for the info. I know I need to be patient :-)
Going to be busy birthing puppies the next week or so anyhow so that should make time go faster. Got two litters of Yorkies due. My nerves will be on overdrive. Arghhh
Great! I was hoping I was right in my guess that our Esther is a BA. :-). Thanks for confirming. I got her in a rare breed assortment and order of blue andalusians so at first thought she mite be a black version of the Andalusian. But I have read so many nice things abt the Australorps that...