Miss Kay, my Columbian Rock is laying eggs just as good as she ever has (since I brought her home with me, anyways) and I've hatched some beautiful chicks from her & my Barred Rock, Worthless.
Now, even though she's still in with Worthless, (never been removed from him) and I've SEEN him do his...
Ok, so some of you know I'm not exactly new at raising chickens, but I'm no where near being a pro at it, either. I've been around them all of my life because my Dad has been into raising them as far back as I can remember. He used to raise pheasants, too, and even had his favorite pair of them...
Ok, so you guys know I had an issue with a "hen", lol. Due to my beginner status in the chicken world, I thought it was a hen, (go ahead, you can make fun of me, my husband sure did, even though he thought the same thing at first, haha) then a few of you informed me it was a he. Three days...
Ok folks. I bought this hen because I thought she was absolutely beautiful. Later I also found out she's mean! She likes to peck me, lol. Not a lot, and not really hard enough to try to hurt me, but I think she's just really skittish. I've had her for over a week and tried to love and pet on her...
I wanted to share with the BYC community that yesterday, my little Sophia (silver duckwing Old English banty) laid her first egg for me! I gave it to a couple of my dearest friends (they loved the little banty rooster when I very first got him, his little pipsqueak crow was too much for them!!)...
I just started my chicken enterprise (lol) a few weeks ago. I've had chickens before, but mostly only banties (yes, I know they're supposed to be spelled "bantam", but what's the fun in typing/saying "bantam"??) that were eaten by the local fauna. I currently have 6 chicks, (fuzzy little...