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  1. GApeachmama

    Alicia’s Hen Den

    Hi! I started my flock May 2025 in suburban Missouri. I’m a Georgia girl currently trapped in the freezing weather. Send thoughts and prayers. I researched to the point of exhaustion. I love it! My ladies are spoiled, gorgeous and hilarious. For example, if my Buff Orpington Buffy pecks...
  2. GApeachmama

    Deep Litter Issues

    I hand sand in the run and the coop. It was a pain. I ended switching to hemp in the coop and wood chips and hemp in the run. Now here’s where the issue comes in. I didn’t remove all the sand from the coop. My research said I don’t need to. Now it’s at least 2-3 months later and the original...
  3. GApeachmama

    What’s up with this egg?

    I think it’s from a new layer. Its shell is powdery. That’s really throwing me off. It looks almost white but I only have brown egg layers and EEs. It’s huge. I put 2 grocery store eggs and one from another one of our ladies. Any ideas?
  4. GApeachmama

    Anybody Else Use ChatGPT to Help Plan their Setup?

    After years of being terrified of ChatGPT, I finally caved and learned to use it this year. I used it to help with everything from bedding decisions, to vent placement, predator proofing etc. I also read like 5 books for concrete knowledge. My lil ladies are already 5 months and I feel like it...
  5. GApeachmama

    Tell Me Something That Made You Smile Today

    These days are wild times in a bad way. So let’s celebrate the good and positive. I’ll go first. 1. Today I got my nails done. It’s one of my most favorite things outside of my chickens. Today I got to combine the two. 2. I finished building 3 new raised garden beds for my garden expansion...
  6. GApeachmama

    Is My Australorp Being Sneaky or I Am I Just Overly Anxious? How Do I Know When She Actually is Laying?

    Here’s Nubia. She is glorious and my absolute favorite. She’s a bold girl. I like my ladies bold. Nubia will be 21 weeks on next Monday. McMurray’s info says she could have laid as early as 18 weeks. She’s very food driven. Her comb is the reddest of the flock and she has the earliest...
  7. GApeachmama

    Black Chicken Keepers & Introduction to My Flock and I

    Hi! Looking for other Black chicken keepers comfortable identifying themselves as Black in this space to build even more community than I’ve already found. Everyone has been so wonderful and welcoming. I want to build community amongst Black chicken keepers here to enhance that even further...
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  8. GApeachmama

    Is it okay to paint in my run?

    I want to finish the trim inside my run and paint it. It a low VOC water based paint. Would it be better to paint the boards and let them air out then install them or ok to paint while up in run without airing it out? Same for the coop. Painting roosts and poop shelf. For roosts finishing in...
  9. GApeachmama

    Is Fanny Lou really a Lou? 12 almost 13 week old Easter Egger

    So…. I picked these up from the local Hatchery/Feed and Mill store. I believe they get their chicks from Cackle Hatchery. I picked up 2 EE chicks to round out my flock. Peaches is sweet and a gorgeous silver white color and loves treats. She’s small compared to Fanny Lou. Fanny Lou is a cuties...
  10. GApeachmama

    First Timer Do they need to be on layer food to lay?

    My lovely ladies were hatched on May 6 or 7th. Nubia is the Australorp. Viola is the EE. They both have fairly red combs. Nubia squats when we touch her back. Good luck touching Viola. 🤣 Anyway, I have the calcium out but they’re still on Scratch and Peck grower feed because they’re not quite 20...
  11. GApeachmama

    Pull down nesting box door

    I have an external nesting box that I want to amend. The door is pull down and not quite ready. It’s super heavy. Everything my husband builds is heavy. He builds it to be manageable for a 6’4” 280 lb man. I’m definitely not that size nor that strong. 🤣 Below are pics of the door and inside the...
  12. GApeachmama

    Is my gorgeous little lady about to lay soon?

    My beautiful Australorp little lady Nubia is 15 was soon to be 16 weeks. From what I’ve read when a pullets comb gets red they are close laying. I’m worried that I have very little time and I need to fix my nesting box. Is it time to put out the oyster shell calcium?
  13. GApeachmama

    6 wk old Light Brahma Cockerel? I hope not.

    This is Sweet Baby. Hatch date approximately May 5. So about 6 wks today. I noticed some red on her comb. Is this cockerel instead of a pullet?
  14. GApeachmama

    Urgent

    Picked up this gorgeous little Easter Egger on Friday. They hatched on Thursday. Looking at its wings I have suspicions that this is a cockerel. Any opinions? Thanks for y’all’s help in advance.
  15. GApeachmama

    3 Almost 4 week Old Chicks

    I currently have 7 little ladies. I'm fairly sure that they are all hens but what's the harm in checking. 😂 Also 2 of the ladies are mystery breeds. Any ideas about what breed they are? I'll post them first. Nubia: We thinks she's an Australorp and not a Black Jersey Giant because of the...
  16. GApeachmama

    My 2 almost 3 week old chick looks like this today.

    At first I thought it was pin feathers but the area is kind of squishy. She’s eating, drinking. The other chicks are pecking at the spot. What is going on?
  17. GApeachmama

    Should I be worried about this poop?

    Using Scratch and Pecked unmedicated starter mash. Found this a few days ago and again a few days later. Don't know if it's normal. Everyone is eating and drinking great. Everyone is growing ok. They are about 1 week old. Only one chick has had pasty butt only one time.
  18. GApeachmama

    Mystery Chicks bought on impulse

    Hi. I picked up 2 chicks from the feed store on impulse. Per the store Cackle Hatchery didn't label them and should have. Per Cackle it was a surprise assortment deal and not knowing is half the fun. 😂 Anyways here are my cuties. Also below are the suggested question answers. 1. Where did you...
  19. GApeachmama

    Hi! Excited to be here.

    I’m super new to chickens. I got my first chicks on May 6th and 8th. I currently have 7 chicks. I’m expecting 2 more the week of June 9th. The idea of the self reliance and providing a good life and having the companionship really attracts me to being a chicken keeper. Additionally, I come from...
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