My beautiful cuckoo maran. She is such a drama queen! Her first egg was a 2+ hour production. With both roosters in the coop with her! And a hen coming to check on and sooth her. Eventually she laid an egg. She only lays when she feels like it though. I'm lucky if its once a week. My other 2...
I'm so eggsited! So I'm a first time chicken mom and I found my first egg in the nesting box Friday! My production red Daphne turned out to be the layer. She has layed 3 so far. None today. But my cuckoo maran "Oreo" and my swedish flower "Coco" were in the nesting area and made their own nests...
It was a very sad and disappointing day. I had my first attack. I know, I know it's the first of many. My second favorite hen was killed. She was my biggest and probably would of started laying eggs first. Such a sweet girl. Poor Brownie my stupid silkie rooster that I actually mentioned...
My lil one who has been hands on since we got our little flock.(April 27th) The first thing he asks about when he wakes up are his chickies. Any time he has a snack he want's to share with them. At 8:15pm we go out back every night and watch our last one strut into the coop. We count them and he...
How is everyone's 2020 so far? Mine has been interesting to say the least. At the beginning of the year my grandmother came to live with my family (Myself, Signficant other and our three boys. Ten, eight, and soon to be two) after falling and breaking her back. She wanted something fluffy to...