I have been letting BigUms out with the girls for a bit with supervision of course. Salt (queen of the roost) she keeps him in check and the other youngest he dose fine with but the EE's and the barred rocks not so much and they are scared of him!! which is understandable since he will chase...
they see each other everyday His run is right next to their run :-) but when i let the girls out to run around the back yard he is not out in the back yard but they all stand at his door like what your not gonna come out and play.... LOL
okay so now I'm in for it!!! LOL I was gifted an incubator brand new just opened the box. I haven't told the hubby yet he's gonna kill me if i start hatching eggs... but you know i'm gonna have to try it out!!!! I just pulled it out of the box read all the instructions and have just set it...
it will grow back but need to clean it up and maybe move her so no one else picks on her or if you have the blue kote put that on so no one is wanting to p[eck at her
This weather can't make up it's mine what's its wants to do!!! * Update - Pepper is still wadding around like a penguin we did try the draining off some of the liquid from her belly but she is a mess. I don't think she gonna be with us long. Though I did open up the chicken run today so they...
here is the one I used never did them before so just a test run
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Ingredients
8-10 hard-boiled eggs for 1-quart wide-mouth jar
OR 8 hard-boiled eggs divided between 2 pint wide-mouth jar
2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
1 cup White Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Garlic Powder
3-4 cloves of Fresh...
On a brighter note made Cowboy pickled eggs. Made just a small batch wanted to try them out. The girls are given us about 6-7 eggs a day now not bad since 1 girl RIR BigRed is now almost 5 years old. (oh I have 11 girls by the way) I think she maybe done laying but I do catch her in the coop...
I think we are gonna lose one of our girls she not looking to good. I went out to feed them this morning and she was missing... I found her still in the coop on the roosting bar. so i reached in and grabbed her and was shocked to see how big her belly is!!!! and squishy!! pretty sure it's water...
want try my hand at new chicks my roo is now about 9 months old and he good to some of the girls ( he a piece of work) he is mean to the old girls so was thinking just let him out with the younger chicks jf they are under a year old should you hatch their eggs??
My girls love anything that is white, white flowers, cauliflower styrofoam (LOL-of course I don't let them have it but if its around they will grab it and run!!!)
Saw this today and just had to share - "At a certain age, women may have the urge to collect chickens... This is called Henopause and it's the best time of your life":jumpy:wee
Got a new issue maybe you all can help. Since I now have BigUms in his own house and run, 2 of the littles (his sisters) will not go in the coop at night, they are on top of the coop. When he was in the run they were all in every night. Now they will not go in unless i go out and make them go...
Nice day out today so went out and cleaned out the coops they were is desperate need !! didn't do spring cleaning as i like to get the power sprayer out and hose them down good but the temp. outside needs to be hot enough for the water to dry out!! but did change all the bedding and put in...
BBQ sounds like a great idea!! by the weather report it's gonna be dry all week!! so maybe this weekend will get a chance to finish BigUms little run and put a slab of ribs on so when we are done we can kick back and relax by the fire pit.
Since I have Bigums out side of the chicken run in his new set up I actually got 5 eggs today and yesterday, been only getting 1 or 2 eggs a day. So peace and harmony is returning to the girls since he has been kicked out of the run. So now he is on the out side and gonna stay there for a few...
okay so here is where I am with BigUms i am done he is an absolute jerk he escaped the Batchelor pad we made up lesson learned and went after one of our barred rocks relentlessly i locked her down to keep him away from her and he just keeps attacking the cage that she is in. I can tell this is...