I have a Wyandotte that is about 16 weeks old. In the past week or two she has started to develop a growth on the top of her beak. The bottom of the growth looks like beak material and color. As it get further away from the body the growth is white. The whole thing is not huge but looks like...
I am in Central FL and hope to round out our little flock with a Marans. I had one but it turned out to be a beautiful boy. He has a new home and I am hoping to find a girl who may not be good enough for showing or breeding, but who will give us some nice dark brown eggs. We fell in love with...
We have hatched 2 little boys, just 8 weeks old now. The are beautiful Easter Eggers from Halo's flock and were hatched out of rich blue colored eggs. Halo described their lineage as: these are 3rd generation blue/green egg layers. Original EE hens from Hinkjc, second generation from a...
My hen, Lady, went broody and we bought her some fertile eggs to hatch. How long after hatching will it be before she starts laying again? She is no longer with her chicks and we just wonder when we can expect eggs from her again?
Thanks.
So, I have 5 layers. My Jersey lays the largest egg and it's a nice dark rosy color (I can easily identify her eggs). Then my Dominicker lays the second largest and second darkest egg (so also not too hard to identify). The other 3 girls lay eggs that are a bit more of a medium size and...
Our little broody hen hatched her first chicks today. They are EEs from the same Dad and maybe the same mom. Any thoughts on their sex?
Thanks.
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This is our first year with chickens and our Brahma (Lady) went broody about 2 months after she started laying. We have 5 girls and Lady is on the bottom of the pecking order (she earned her name by being so very ladylike). We found that she was hiding in the nest box for a few days and while...
Several months ago I saw a Coop and Run with a chicken wire tunnel between the two. I can't find that picture now and was hoping someone knows what I am talking about and can point me in the right direction. We are just about finished with our coop and run and are putting in a tunnel between...
I am in FL and it has been really hot for several weeks. Each night, when I get home from work, my husband and I head out to the chickens and open their tractor into the additional run space (not predator proof so we have to be near when they are in it). We bring them snacks of breads, fruits...
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This is over 4'x4' and is going for $150. This is still for sale as of this morning and the seller is in New Tampa. I thought someone in the area might want it. I think this is the cutest of these I have seen yet. We decided not to get it...
Being new at this and really wanting to get the girls out into their permanent coop prior to laying, we have been looking for something we can easily convert to a nice coop. We were going to build but the heat in FL right now is not conducive to working all weekend for a month in the sun. We...
Hi,
My husband and I are totally newbies on the subject of designing a coop so we want to purchase plans. The design I want seems fairly simple:
Off the ground with run under the house
4x4x4 (with higher peak)
nest boxes outside the coop (about 12x12)
one side opens for...