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  1. LindaJean

    WET WEATHER is here in Washington

    Well, my girls are all grown up now, laying like champs and after all the rain this week they look like drowned birds. Although I have provided them with plenty of cover to get out of the rain, they don't seem to have enough sense to do it. Their coop isn't heated and I guess my biggest worry...
  2. LindaJean

    Yet another Free Range Question

    I love my girls. They are now about 9 weeks old. I have an enclosed yard for them 20 x 30 with a 7x7 coop in it. I have 18 chickens and 3 ducks. As they have been small, it seemed like plenty of room. Well as time goes by they keep getting bigger and bigger. I look at their area and am...
  3. LindaJean

    My unknown free feed store chicks identified.

    I've been trying to find out what these little darlings are and went to the Farwest Hatchery and Cackle Hatchery sites and there were exact pictures of my girls down to their blue legs. They are called Austra White Chickens. A cross between a Black Australorp Rooster and a White Leghorn Hen...
  4. LindaJean

    They are just growing sooooooooooo fast

    I love my three girls. They are 6 weeks old and huge!!! They don't like to be picked up but are very comical to watch and get along fine with the chickens. I tried a bigger kiddie pool and they wouldn't go near it.
  5. LindaJean

    WHAT BREED ARE THESE?

    I got 3 free chicks April 14 at the feed store. I've asked before here about breed and the concensus has been California Whites. These girls are now about 8 weeks old. Look at their feathering and their dark blue legs. Pictures I've seen of California whites, they all have yellow legs. I'm...
  6. LindaJean

    Love my duckllings

    They are a trip and a half. Comical, beautiful, and getting along well with the chickens. My 3 ducks, Welsh Harlequin, Buff and White Layer are 6 weeks old now and getting huge!! They sleep in the coop share the same food and provide much entertainment. My neighbor gathers slugs for them. I...
  7. LindaJean

    Finished - with happy chicks

    I just saw and gorgeous coop on this site and mine is nothing to compare, but I'm pleased with what we have and my chicks seem to love it. The whole thing is 20 x 30 and the coop is 7 x 7. Alas, the pink pool is gone - the ducks freaked out at the thought of it and prefer the cement mixing...
  8. LindaJean

    I can't tell them apart!!!

    I need help. I have several breeds of adolescent pullets (and the incidental roosters - but that's another story). There are 5 RIR and 5 Red Sex Link. They are all 6 weeks old and I can't tell them apart. It only matters because some are going to a friend's house Sunday and I wanted to keep...
  9. LindaJean

    Is this EE a Roo?

    Another feed store "pullet" that I'm beginning to wonder about. Nice chicken - about 6 weeks old. Any thoughts?? Hen? Roo?
  10. LindaJean

    eggs with no shells

    I told my co-worker I'd ask the experts. She has one hen that has been laying eggs without a firm shell. She says the hen gets lots of calcium - but I was wondering if any of you have any suggestions for her. Anything would help. thanks
  11. LindaJean

    How many chicks do I keep??? HELP!!!

    I have a dilemma. I have become totally addicted in a very short time to................chickens. My guess is that none of you are too surprised. I have 35 adorable chicks - some 5 weeks old and some almost 4 weeks old - plus three ducklings. Their coop is 7x7 and their whole run is...
  12. LindaJean

    How much crowing is going to go on???

    I was surprised to discover this week big bright red combs on two of my little girls. One of course is my favorite Barred Rock, the other a brown leghorn. Now, it was never my plan to have roosters. I've found many pictures of an adult Brown Leghorn - one word - STUNNING!. The barred rock is...
  13. LindaJean

    Integrating chicks?????

    I have 9 chicks that are 4 weeks old and 26 that are 2 1/2 weeks old. Lots of difference between the two in size. Soooooooooooo, I thought they should be able to get alont together. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. The bigger chicks were OK for a little bit, then they started pecking and chasing the...
  14. LindaJean

    What breed is this???

    Free chick day at the feed store in April - this darling girl is probably about 4 weeks old and I have two others just like her - can anyone identify her??? I thought California White, then they started to develop black feathers not just spots. I'm stumped. Any thoughts???
  15. LindaJean

    I may be a new chicken mom, but isn't this Brown Leghorn a ROO??? - and how about my favorite Barred

    I admit to being quite a novice at this chicken party - my experience is about 4 weeks long - but these two girls look like they may be guys. You know the extra chick they send - I think it was from a different bin. And the barred rock I bought at the feed store as a pullet, but that comb...
  16. LindaJean

    California Whites?????

    My second breed question is these free chicks I got on "Chick Day" at the feed store. When I got them I thought California Whites - white with a few black spots. Now they are two weeks old and they are changing. They seem to have dark skin and some of the spots are becoming patches or whole...
  17. LindaJean

    Araucana? Ameraucana? Easter Egger?

    Feed store sold them to me as Araucanas - they are growing tails - sooooooooo, I think not. Just curious, though - I know they are girls but would love to know breed - I I love the little darlings but would like to know what to call them. Any thoughts?
  18. LindaJean

    What I have learned about ducks - first 24 hours

    1. They all survived very well coming from Ca. to Wa - with a heat pack - (3 total mailed to me) 2. New ducklings peep they don't quack 3. Dipping their bills in the water right at first really does get them to drink 4. They really do love water - the cardboard box is doomed! Day 2 - 1...
  19. LindaJean

    My Ducklings arrived today!!!!!

    I received my three darling ducklings today from Metzer Farms. They are all healthy,active and I hade a great experience with this company. Here are my Cuties - 1 each of: Welsh Harlequin, White Layer and Buff Duck
  20. LindaJean

    My Chicks Arrived Today!!!!!

    My chicks arrived today from Cackle Hatchery and I can't say enough good things about them. 25 darllings (+1 extra) made the trip without incident - all are healthy, active and oh so very cute. My new flock includes 5 each of Australorps, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Red Sex Link and Brown...
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