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We are now well into our third year with chickens and after several disappointments,trial and frustrations along with the laughter,hard work and just plain enjoyment of watching these silly birds we have found our favorite breed. I have to tip my hat to Gritsar and say a hearty Thank You to...

Looking for a few nice Buff-laced Brahma chicks or pullets. We are not looking to show or breed for show/sale. Culls from show-stock might be ok. Just looking to add to our backyard flock of Brahmas. Looking for birds within 100 miles of Louisville Ky area so we can drive to pick up. Let us know...

One of our Speckled Sussex hens, about 17 months old,has a very pale comb and wattles. As stated in the title,they are almost gray. She acts normal otherwise,maybe a little slower than usual but still feisty. She has never been much of a layer(maybe 2 eggs a week)but has quit completely now...

I've noticed quite a few "threadkiller" threads lately but I've never seen a posting on what constitutes a "killed" thread. Just how long before the next post/reply should a thread lay dormant before it is considered dead nd the last person to post can claim "threadkiller" status? I'm assuming...

We have two Buff Brahmas that were this Marchs hatch,and after watching them through the summer and fall we've found them to be even better personality-wise than our Australorps and Speckled Sussex. And to top it off,the one Brahma is the only chicken in a flock of 13 laying eggs regularly,the...

We had been unhappy with the Layena Crumbles for a while now. Seems every bag had at least a large coffee can or two of dust in it,sometimes more. We also noticed a lot of sneezing from several of the girls while they were eating(only when eating...they were not sick). The eggs did have very...

Calling for help from Australorp (hatchery birds) people! Do Australorps burn out in a year to 18 months or are they starting into a molt? We got our Aussies back in the spring of last year. They started laying around 21 weeks and laid an average of 5 eggs a week per bird up until a month ago...

We've had chickens long enough to understand(and witness)pecking order. We see it in action every day in fact! What we are curious about is "roosting order". We have seen references to chickens having a roosting order where they have the same place on the roost every night. In our coop, the...

Seriously.....this chick is visciously attacking other chicks eyes! The background...We have had four Speckled Sussex and two Buff Bramaha chicks since March 21st. All are fine and get along with no problems. Yesterday we picked up three days-old Welsummer chicks at Orschlens Farm Supply. The...

Looking for a few Welsummer pullet chicks. Needs to be within an hours drive of LaGrange Ky. We're looking to add a few to our flock(maybe 3-6 pullet chicks). They do not need to be show quality,just chicks from good mannered layer stock to add to our mixed flock of layers. Thanks! Larry

For you Welsummer people out there...is it unusual for a Welsummer to still not be laying at 9-10 months old? I have one that's been laying for a month or better and one that show no sign at all of being close. Thanks! Larry

We are looking to add some more chickens to our mixed flock. We really like our Australorps but want to try something different. The Speckled Sussex sounds good but I see conflicting information on their egg size. Some sites say they lay large eggs,some say medium. How big are the Sussex eggs...

when you introduce a rooster? Here's the deal. We have the 14 hens we got as chicks last spring. All this time they have not had a rooster. Most of them see us as their roo, even though there is a "boss hen" of the group. They look to us for protection when out in the yard and some of them even...

about the need to eliminate feral cats and wild dogs????? On so many posts where people have lost chickens to these vermin(yes,if a once domestic animal is running wild and killing livestock or pets it is VERMIN!)there seems to be so many posters that want to "rehab" the offender or espouse a...

For anyone wanting to use a heated pet bowl for their flock,or for their pets,the TSC at Madison Indiana has them in stock. They are 5quart plastic,50 watts with a 6 foot heavy cord and T-stat set for 40*. I'd think the stores in other areas will have them too. We picked one up today to try...

A month ago we got three Welsumer pullets about 12-15 weeks old. They had been in a coop with 35 other chickens of various ages and way too many roos. Their necks and heads had been torn to pieces but the previous owner had them pulled out before we got them and the wounds were starting to heal...

We've been wanting some Wellsumer pullets for a while now. Yesterday I found some a couple of counties away and we made the drive to pick up the three Wellsumer pullets the guy had. Unfortunately He had been keeping all the young birds(roughly 5 months old) together in the barn...must have been...

Let's start out by saying our Australorp Roo (23 weeks old)is a mellow guy. He is not rough on the girls,is docile with us,follows us around to watch whatever we're doing,is learning his job as look-out for the flock....just a good roo so far. Now comes the "strange roo" part. Today Eva went...

Yep,we're getting some eggs now. Our Buff Orpingtons are 19 weeks old and so far we've got nine eggs from them in the last week,not including the the very first soft shelled egg. We're still not sure which of the four Buffs(we have five BO's but one is showing he's a roo) are laying since two...