You're buying eggs from my white Ameraucana hen Snow, my black Easter Egger hen Noisy, my French Black Copper Marans hen Lupe and my Welsummer hen Summer. They are covered by my French Black Copper Marans Rooster El Guapo and my Easter Egger Rooster Owen, all are in the same pen. This mix...
I have my very first shipped eggs on the counter! They arrived Monday afternoon, and I've been letting them settle on the counter since then as the air cells were detached. I just checked the air cells and they're still rolling on a few. Should I let them settle longer, or add them to the...
I have an Ameraucana hen who is about a year old. The last few weeks, she's been keeping one eye half closed. I've been keeping an eye on it and rinsing it, figuring she'd just gotten something in it. The other day she was looking really bad, so I brought her in, gave her a good bath and kept...
Has anyone tried alfalfa pellets with their flock? It's only $11.99 for a 50 lb bag at the store, and I thought it might be a nice green stuff winter supplement but I hate to buy a huge bag if they might turn their beak up at them.
Although, I'm pretty sure our goats wouldn't........
I'm finally ready to start letting my chickens out into the pasture, I've just been a little nervous about it. My plan is to do so only when I am home so I can manage it. I am going to build a secure access tunnel tomorrow through my garden to the pasture, of course the pasture is kittycorner...
My Ameraucana Roo has been sneezing the last three days, he seems fine otheriwse, no discharge, normal for this horrible heat as he can be, crowing like always. Allergies, or maybe something more? I haven't noticed anyone else with issues.
I found a very thin broken shelled egg in a nest box the other morning, couldn't figure it out. Finally put the puzzle together and it's my Red Star having issues. She layed a HUGE thin shelled egg last week, then nothing, didn't think much since she's never been a great layer. This morning...
I'm going to give the duct tape saddle a try tonight for my EE Noisy that has a bare back, she was going through a BAD molt when I got her, and most of her feathers are back, but the base of her tail is still bare and red, I think she's getting pecked. Should I put any cream like cortisone...
Are you a spinner or knitter? Got an incubator you're not using? I'd love to trade for it! Let me know what you have and you feel it's value is and what kind of fiber you'd like and we can chat! I have handdyed sock yarn, top and handmade drumcarded batts in tons of colors. I'm open to any...
Ok, so for those of you that chimed in on the other thread determining that Opal is an Owen and Hinky is a he, and thanks so much for doing so, here's the rest of the bunch from the same guy... and just for kicks to make sure I'm not loosing it, the four I got on friday from another person...
I have a lovely little EE that was sold to me as a pullet three weeks ago, and was told was 2 to 3 months old at the time. Saw the same seller post up again this week that they were 4 and 1/2 months. Hummm, how time flies!
Anyhow, I'm not convinced that little Opal is a pullet. That comb...
My little crossbeak, Hinky, looked fine at 10ish the morning and now about 1:30 is listless with one eye shut. Not that hot here, only about 70ish. She has seemed to be eating fine fine and growing along, about the same size as the other pullets I had gotten. I only got her two weeks ago, her...