I have a Cherry Egger and a Buff Orphington which live in an indoor controlled enviroment. will they molt the same as if they lived out doors? They go out for several hours a week in a portable rolling pen I built.......thanks for any info
after getting our first egg from both hens in just two days, they decided to tell the whole world, starting at sunrise, that they were in lay. Boy, what a couple of loud mouths. We were in a panic, since our hens are sort of " outside the law" We envisioned our local swat team pulling in the...
Well, we were thrilled when Cherry, our cherry egger hen, gave us our first egg a couple days ago. Now, Buffy, our buff orphington hen has laid her first as well. We have waited for this for months and now we have our Christmas gifts from our wonderful hens. The color difference between the eggs...
well, since my post yesterday about the behavior of Cherry, my Cherryegger hen.....guess what! I got my first egg this morning:) We are proud parents. Her egg was a beautiful light brown, medium size with a nice firm shell. I guess all the things I learned here paid off, she did good and so...
just to check in with other neweggs, I'm stuck in the " town limits" and had a long time desire to have a couple of chickens. sort of on my bucket list you might say. So we built a nice coop and run, just right for 2 hens, and found out we can't have them. Seems you can do about anything in the...
I'm new to this,so call me dumb for thinking of this......but here goes......I have 2 new hens, one Buff Orphington and a Cherry Egger and they are 11 weeks old. I have become very attached to these ladies and just discovered my town frowns upon " poultry keeping". I have built a nice run and...