For background, the area I live in has a small population of stray and feral cats. I feed them regularly to encourage them to hang around and keep the rodents away. Naturally, cats being cats they don't always get along so I occasionally have to break up fights
One evening I was free ranging...
I've been in a grilling mood lately so I figured why not fire up this old debate. :D
Question is simple, which do you prefer when grilling? Charcoal or propane? Ik other options exist but these are the 2 we'll be focusing on
Please keep things civil, debate is fine but no arguing. Barbecuing...
Been here since 2023 and meant to do this sooner, but meh
I am FrostRanger but you can call me Frost or FR for short. I am a Christian, gamer, metalhead, tea enthusiast and gamer from the eastern us
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Newish, Back in June of 23 I...
I found this while I was gathering eggs today
To clarify, the fairy egg doesn't worry me, I just thought it was amusing since it looks like a tiny grape
I had brought entirely too many bananas about a week or so ago and I got the bright idea to make banana bread. I found a recipe and it calls for 3 eggs. Now, my girls are just starting to lay so their eggs are small ATM. I weighed some of their eggs and they seem to average at around 1.3 oz. How...
I was making some egg sandwiches a bit ago and I was cracking a few eggs into the pan and I grabbed the biggest one (my layers are 19 1/2 weeks old and started this week so most of their eggs are tiny as expected) and when I cracked it it was a double yolker! Ik they can happen especially with...
Has your flock done something that made you say "Aw! That's so sweet and wholesome! "? This is the place to tell that tale! Ik the title says chickens, but stories of ducks, turkeys, quail and the like are welcome too!
So background, late last year I lost half my flock to a wet fowl pox outbreak. Hence I planned to get more chicks this year and vaccinate them ASAP. The label on the vaccine recommends giving it to birds 8 weeks or older so when my current batch of chicks turned 8 weeks old 2 weeks ago, I...
So I got 3 lakeside eggers from Meyer about 2 months ago and saw there wasn't much info on here about them, so I figured I'd share my experiences with the hybrid so far.
Lakeside eggers are a type of easter egger exclusive to Meyer hatchery that are blue or black with white barring. They also...
So I have 3 gorgeous easter egger chicks and I was wondering what the proper term for the colors/patterns they have
First up, we have Ginkgo
Next, Ginger
And finally, Vanilla
So I have 7 chicks who are currently on chick starter crumbles. I also have 2 laying hens and since it'll only be a matter of weeks before I start integrating the new chicks and I obviously very well can't let the chicks eat layer pellets I decided to buy a bag of flock maker pellets. My...
So earlier today I went out to check on the girls and I saw a brown egg on the ground. It was one of the fake eggs I put in the nest box. I don't know who did it but Rosemary was in the nest box at the time so she's looking fairly suspicious. Or Parsley could have done it when she was in there...
I noticed yesterday that one of my pullets, Sage was gasping and sneezing. I separated her last night andthis morning she is still gasping and isn't really eating or drinking. Her crop was empty this morning and I didn't see anything obvious when I looked down her throat yesterday. Her comb is...