I have a new olive egger that I got as a hatchling this year. My other olive egger and the other 2 that came in this batch are all much more grey. I know olive Eggers can be a variety of mixtures of different breeds, just wondering if anyone knows what mix I might be looking at?
I have bought chicks from a hatchery and hatched my own in the past, at different times. This is the first year I hatched my own and got some selected breeds from a hatchery. My hatchery chicks seem to be developing feathers (tail especially) more quickly than the ones we hatched (easter Eggers...
My buff orpington hen, Linda, has never been a very good layer. She has laid a lot of soft shell eggs in her life, lol. Now that she's around 3 years old, she's laying fairy eggs. The funny thing is, the shells on the fairy eggs are strong and normal, there's just no yolk. I'm assuming she's...
My Buff Orpington has laid some weird eggs...she is not quite a year old yet, and some of her eggs are what we call "Frankeneggs" because they aren't perfectly smooth and egg shaped, but recently she has also laid some "rubber eggs", about once every 2 weeks. Otherwise, she is healthy and happy...
Hi All,
I have been reading and following LOTS of advice for integrating my flock here. I got 3 hatchlings in spring (hens) who all grew up together. I hatched 2 chicks in early summer (one roo, one hen) and followed integration advice starting in mid September. My arrangement is I have an...
Hey guys, thought it would be fun to try to figure out what this chick might be. The egg came from a friend's farm and she's got quite a variety of breeds/mixes, so we have no idea what this little one is. Just hatched today out of a very light green egg. The one in the pink egg is coming along...
I've read a pretty wide range of sq ft per chicken. I ordered the Omelet Eglu UP coop with the 9' run, and our chickens will be able to be out of the pen for a good bit of the day. Will this work as they grow into full sized ladies or did I screw up and should have sprung for the Cube? I'm not...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am brand new to my own chickens. Starting with 4 chicks this spring.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? will have 4 chicks this week
(3) What breeds do you have? Buff Orpington, Cream Legbar, Olive Egger, French Black...