I just opened the nest boxes yesterday afternoon, new shavings, and a few ceramic eggs....and BINGO! this morning, our first ever egg, and in a nest box to boot!
27 week old Buff Orpington pullets
The girls have been unusually flighty the past few days, normal for pullets just starting to lay?
My local COOP has a game bird feed they mill right here, it's a 24% protein feed. It's about half the price of Purina flock raiser. This is our first attempt on meat birds, so I thought I'd ask to make sure that's suitable. The rangers and some more Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex will all get...
we are pretty new to chicken, we started with 10 BO hens (haven't gotten our first egg yet, but soon, I hope) already the "chicken math" is taking hold! I'm thinking of adding a few more hens, speckled sussex comes to mind, and a rooster in the spring, from a different hatchery, so we'll have...
Our first chicks, 10 Buff Orpington pullets, and 15 Splash Silkies. had to order more silkies than we wanted, but we found someone local who wants the extras. Only 24 hours, but they all seem to me eating and drinking well.
Howdy everyone!
My wife and I are working on our coop, and our first order of chicks will be here Friday....can't wait! City boy, but we live on the edge of town, decided with our daughter married, and out of the house, we need a little something to do, my wife was surprised, by my idea of...