I have four chickens - two Buff Orpingtons who lay, and two others that hatched in June, so not laying yet. Doreen has been broody for a few weeks, but I think possibly still laying. We get at least one egg a day and I think sometimes two (it's not just that I forget to collect). At the end of...
So 3 weeks ago I had a broody Buff Orpington named Gloria who'd been sitting on eggs (fertilized elsewhere, we have no rooster) for 2.5-weeks, but she kinda sucked at it and I was pretty sure she'd killed whatever might have started growing in there. So, on a preschool field trip to the farm, I...
Apparently summer decided to skip us. We're in west coast BC. Anyone else? It SUCKS. Rain, clouds, cool weather.
Except I've got these 6 4.5-week-old chicks who are way too big for the dog crate they're currently hanging out in. When can I put them outside? What can I do for them? I've got a...
I wasn't sure exactly where to put this.
Backyard chickens were recently approved in our municipality - Nanaimo, BC. We are allowed 4 chickens, no roosters, in a fully enclosed pen/coop and certain distances from dwellings and lot lines. We have... 6 chickens. 2 of them don't lay yet. Aside...
My family is very excited about our new chickens! They were recently legalized here in Nanaimo, BC. We bought a coop off craigslist and got 6 chickens (2 over our limit!). The girls are settling in - the first night they couldn't find the coop again and needed bribes and assistance, the second...
Excited newbie here!
They just approved backyard chickens in my city about 6 months ago. After our initial excitement, we decided it was probably best to wait till after our baby was born to start a big new project. BabyBoy is 4.5 months old now, so when we saw a pre-built coop come up on...