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  1. Mrs. K

    SOP's Can you help, or do you want to learn?

    I have read two separate posts on SOP's which I have found very interesting. But truthfully, I rather find the SOP's about as clear as mud. Just what do they mean, what do you look for? I think that if people would post pictures of different breeds of roosters, and what they see compared to the...
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    Just went to Hoovers - for a little dreaming

    They have no chicks available. What a loss to their business. This is hard times for commercial flocks.
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    Water glassing - put my last half jar in the fridge today

    I was blessed with one or two eggs most days all winter. I had a pair of last summer chicks that laid until January and then molted, and I had this years summer chicks start - and one old biddy. Enough for our fresh egg eating if I am careful. Then I used the water glass eggs for baking or...
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    Chicken breeds and dreaming

    If you got some time, go to Sandhills preservation. There are breeds and history there that are just fun to consider. Breeds that I have and have not ever seen or heard of. I have nothing to do with this, just sharing the site with other crazy chicken people. It is a fun way to spend with a...
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    $ fertilized eggs and laying hens?

    I went to the feed store, and was asked if I had fertilized eggs. Well I have a rooster named Sargent that is close to getting promoted to Lieutenant (he is really turning out nice). She said that laying hens and fertilized eggs were going for quite a sum. What are you hearing in your part of...
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    -28 and sunshine

    I know a lot of you worry about cold. Last night was predicted -26, and just before dawn we were -28. Last night I did shut the pop up door. So this morning, now a balmy -14, so cold my iPhone won't take pictures. I was wondering about the coop conditions when I opened up the human door. It was...
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    -13 & a local chicken house burned

    Just a reminder, do not Jerry rig heat for your chickens. They really don’t need heat, and most chicken houses are very flammable! Chickens really need wind protection and to be kept as dry as a possible. The sun is shining and mine will be outside soon. Mrs K
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    After you use water glass eggs?

    So this year, I tried water glassing eggs when they were plentiful. I am still getting eggs, but only 2-3 a day, and so I use the water glass eggs for baking. The egg yolks tend to break easily, but they have been fine for scrambled eggs or baking. But what do you do with the lime and water in...
  9. Mrs. K

    Roosting too young??

    On another thread, a poster indicated that one should not encourage roosting too young, that is can cause damage to the keel bone. I have never heard this, and have always had broody hens get my chicks to roost fairly quickly, usually by 3-4 weeks, although it varies. I have always thought this...
  10. Mrs. K

    Really watch for predators now

    I live in rough country. Neighbors are miles away and without a doubt, we have predators. I am pretty sure it was young coyotes. Today, I lost my rooster Long Johns, and a hen. Long John was too big for an eagle or a hawk. Dang it. Have not had a loss in a long time. I don't let them out at the...
  11. Mrs. K

    Saved by the peep

    Oh my…3 weeks ago tomorrow I set some eggs under a broody. I expected chicks this afternoon or evening. I went down mid morning and the hen was off the nest with a lone chick peeking out. There were still to eggs in the nest, one had a pip, but both were cool to the touch. Sometimes you don’t...
  12. Mrs. K

    After the fun of adding chicks, now is the time!

    If you live in the northern hemisphere, now is the time to measure your coop, count your birds and determine who gets to stay. The thing is, you can cheat on the numbers in the summer, long days of daylight, and chicks are little. But as we head into fall, with long dark nights, space inside the...
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    Male or female the?

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    Ok the question? What do you think, male or female?

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    I locked my girls out of the hot coop

    I know that my run is tight. I have roosts in the run. So tonight right now it is 104, at 8:00. and it is not expected to get below 80 degrees tonight. It is hot in the coop, so I locked them in the run. We will see how that goes. Mrs K
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    A stinking surprise

    This time of year, chicken do not spend a lot of time in the hen house, and it is so dry, the manure dries out quickly. Which was why, I was rather surprised, but something seemed to be smelling in there. Yesterday for sure it was smelling, so today I cleaned it all out, and lo and behold, in...
  17. Mrs. K

    chicks roosting with the big girls

    Chicks hatched in the flock on June 8th. A couple of days ago, I noticed in the late afternoon, Gramma Feathers, who brooded them and hatched them out, had them up on top of a 3 foot tall platform. Today, I noticed a chick on top of a pallet so pretty close to 5 feet tall. Tonight, when I went...
  18. Mrs. K

    Atypical breed behavior - a production red

    Seriously, last year I had a broody hen, and gave her a couple of chicks, a production red. She is a lovely, busy and active bird with traditional coloring of the red front fading to white behind... definitely a production red. She lays green eggs. They are suppose to lay brown. She went...
  19. Mrs. K

    Funny marked chick

    So I have a ragtag bunch, laying different colors of eggs, crossed with mutt rooster. I used the non brown eggs to hatch, coming from brown longhorn chicken, a black and white speckled longhorn and production red who lays green eggs to hatch. I got three yellow chicks, but one has a black...
  20. Mrs. K

    Waiting for the first peep!

    Went down and mucked out the chicken coop, put a lot of fresh bedding in there. Sunday, is day 21, so peeping could be starting tomorrow - unfortunately, we have an out of town funeral. They are on their own. I always let my hens brood where they want to. And once in a while, I will find her...
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