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  1. PrplHartJarHead

    Broody Hen Question

    This is our first flock, and we are about a year in to it. We really enjoy our birds. However, still being pretty new and experiencing new things, we missed the early signs of broodiness setting in with 2 of our Buffs. Consequently, we have two very broody girls in the coop. Today, the missus...
  2. PrplHartJarHead

    Woo Hoo....

    We got our first egg over 55 grams two days ago. Broke it open for use in some coffee cake the smokin' hot trophy wife was making up with apples from her sisters orchard and saw our first double-yolker!! This chicken-raising thing is so cool!
  3. PrplHartJarHead

    We got our first egg!!

    So we got our first egg from one of our little hens today. How come it was so small?? On a good note, the shell was nice and strong.
  4. PrplHartJarHead

    Broad Winged Hawk

    A couple of days ago, I posted about losing one of our hens to a mysterious and serious neck wound which caused us to have to cull her. This morning the wife and I were sitting at the dining room table enjoying each others company and our morning cup of java when we heard a hawk's call. At the...
  5. PrplHartJarHead

    We lost one today...

    Although we are raising our flock as egg and meat providers, I was a little sad about having to cull one of our Buff Orpingtons today. While they were out ranging the property, this one suffered a severe laceration to her throat. She had bled quite a bit and was not in good shape by the time I...
  6. PrplHartJarHead

    Has anyone changed nesting boxes before or after egg laying begins?

    I struggled with where to put this, as it fits in coop design but could also be discussed in behaviors and egg laying....my apologies. My wife and I differed from the beginning on this, as we both saw two versions, me the half bucket design (i.e. 1 bucket = 2 nesting boxes) while she saw and...
  7. PrplHartJarHead

    Identify me before...

    ..,my humans go crazy trying to figure it out. I am about 9 weeks old. I let them get some very good and close pictures today. I am very, very skittish and largely afraid of any sound or near contact with my humans. I am sometime bossy around the other chickens, although I'm not really...
  8. PrplHartJarHead

    Greetings from a new chicken family in MN

    Here's a picture of the coop I just built to house our 20 chickens. We have 5 Buff Orps, 5 RIRs; 5 Barred Rocks; two Balck Australops (I think); 2 Ameracaunas; and 1 unkown "bonus bird". (It's in the next picture, if you know what it is....help) We, wife and I are from MN and I am recently...
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