Well, my son's bad luck is hopefully your good fortune - his chick pick from this spring has begun crowing and we must find a new home for this very sweet Delaware rooster. Please feel free to rename him - he doesn't really answer to "Ferfluffle" any way! Picture shows him younger - he is much...
We picked up 1 Welsummer, 1 Delaware, and 1 Marans today. They are so cute, and I love that each kid picked out a different breed, we can tell them apart easily!
I picked up three new chicks today (a Delaware, a cookoo marans and a welsummer) and they are so active and noisy! I don't remember my last batch of chicks (two years ago) bieng this active. They chase each other and peck at each other and are just so fast - my last girls were all sleeping at...
My son got an air soft rifle for his birthday. It shoots round plastic pellets the size and shape of BBs. Will my chickens be harmed if they eat theese? My kid is hoping to set up a hay bale and have some fun, but I am worried about my hens (who have the run of the whole yard) getting sick.
This is my hen Bernadette as a baby cuddling in my son's hoodie- she and her chick pals would have "socialization hour" (as my boys called it) and we put towels on our laps and play with them in our living room. Anyone that has done this knows what the towels are for!
My pullet had been laying and egg a day when she stopped laying completely. We searched the yard, thinking she just stopped using the box and found nothing. Our yard is big, but not THAT big, we would have found shells or something. Months went by, and we had given up. My husband told a visitor...
My husband grew up on a mini-ranch and had chickens around all through his childhood. One day he came home with two banty hens, and I was hooked! Alas, the banties did not work out, but last spring we got chicks and my kids and I get a lot of enjoyment from our now full sized hens (and eggs).
I was just about to post the same question! I have my first hens free ranging in Rancho Cucamonga (southern California) and I keep seeing them grazing across the yard in a steady rain. I guess they'll be okay, but I wish they would go in thier hen house!
My three hens started laying eggs about three weeks ago, and give me an egg almost every day (each). I hate to complain, but they are on the small side. Do the eggs get bigger as they 'warm up" to laying? We've had some double yokers that are huge but mostly they are the size of a medium store...
My chickens destroyed my garden withthe exception of the tomatoes. They don't eat the leaves or the fruit. They also ignore the zuchinni. In my planters they have left my fountain grass alone, they don't eat huechera, wire verbena, or carnations. YET. oh, also the oregano and sage in the herb...
my 21 week old hens just started laying and one is laying eggs while STILL ON THE ROOST! Of course, this results in an un-usable egg! and a mess!
I hope she will figure it out. I did have plastic easter eggs in the boxes, and both of the other hens are using the :hboxes. Has anyone had a...
My first egg! My hens are 21 weeks old and mixed breeds. They are all beautiful, and the egg is a pinkish color tht looks tan in the pic. Go chickens![/img]
My three "snowflakes"(other wise known as mutts) were born on April 1st and have not yet laid an egg. They are SO ready tho- lots of bawking and very red combs, and the squat when I lean over to pick them up. I put plastic eggs in the nest boxes today, hopefully that will speed them up.
This is my son's 3 month old chicken, we were told it was a Barnvelder. It is the biggest of all the chickens thta are the same age but different breeds, and is kind of the boss. What do you think - hen or roo? We are hoping for a hen! Idon't know if it means anything, but this chicken has the...
My mother in law parked her lemon in front of the dealer with a big sign on it that said "this lemon bought here" or something like that. Really. They fixed the problem after two days. Do not mess with the MIL!