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  1. CSWolffe

    Blue, Black, Splash Marans, OEs wanted, close to Salt Lake City

    It's time to set up the old incubator and brooder, and this year I hope to add some Marans and Olive Eggers to my little flock. I've ordered through the mail before, and only had limited success, so I'm hoping there's a breeder within driving distance of Salt Lake City. I'm a huge fan of EE...
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    One Out of Fourteen

    Yesterday was day 21 after setting my eggs. Or today is, not quite sure when the counting starts. I set fourteen mail ordered eggs, 4 Wheaton Americanas, 4 or 5 Olive Eggers, and a mix of Marans. I expect a low hatch rate, as they were mail ordered. I don't think candling is an option, because...
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    Egg Thief?

    I have my broody hen isolated in the pen, on 13-make that 11-fertile eggs I ordered from someone here. Twice now, I have found a mostly empty egg shell out of the nest. First time I thought she might have accidentally broken it getting back on the nest(13 was an awefull big number to brood), and...
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    Visiting neighbors...

    I discovered today that my Easter Egger can get over the garden gate, and likes to take leisurely walks down the street. Two houses down, past the fenced yard of Mr Jerkface, every morning about 6. According to that neighbor, she's been doing it over a week, pokes around their front lawn for an...
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    Hen just went broody, ordering hatching eggs, will timing work?

    Some time over the last three days our little Wellsumer went broody again. I am ordering some hatching eggs from a nice breeder I found in here(thanks DMrippy!) to slip under her(she's sitting on ceramic eggs now). They should ship saturday, monday at the latest. I know a broody hen won't sit on...
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    Shell-less eggs, no other symptoms.

    My two year old Australorp has recently just begun laying again after a winter hiatus. She laid a good half dozen eggs, regularly, every other day. Then for some reason she has started laying soft shelled or no-shelled eggs. All of em. bout the last six to eight of them. She has no other...
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    Pullet or Roo?

    I know it might be a little early to be able to tell, but I have some concerns regarding my new chickies. The experts on here seem to be pretty darn knowledgeable about telling pullets from roos, at even a young age. I won't bring which ones I think might be roos, to avoid confirmation bias...
  8. CSWolffe

    Molt?

    Went out to check on my hens this morning, and it liked they had a pillow fight. The bedding is pretty fresh, changed about two weeks ago, and there have only been about two feathers floating around in there. This morning there was a blanket of feathers from my Wyandotte. My first thought wasn't...
  9. CSWolffe

    Homemade Incubator?

    Has anyone had good experience with homemade incubators? I am talking about old coolers with water pans and wire racks and light bulbs for heat and an accurate thermometer. I have chicken fever. My small flock of three girls is not enough. I have six chicks(EEs and Wellsumers) being shipped at...
  10. CSWolffe

    Pen remodeling

    Coop is 18 sq ft, pen is 36. I had four girls, and thought this was enough. I was wrong. My dominant hen(a Gold Comet) got bored during the winter and began plucking my sweet little RIR bald. She then went so far as to begin begin pecking at the bare spots till she bled. Then the other wretched...
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    Not their first eggs, but still lovely,,,

  12. CSWolffe

    First Egg!

    Woot! One o' my girls just laid her first egg. A small, perfectly formed brown egg! Didn't lay it in the nesting box, of course, that would be too easy. Laid it on TOP of the box, where they have been roosting. Installed a slopped board today to keep them off, should force them to roost on the...
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    Pics of New Coop

    My new coop, complete with new run, random kids, a lurking three bin composter hungry for chicken poo, and chicken's first time exploring the run. The little RIR was the first one out, she's the most curious. Next was the Golden Sex Link and the Australorp, two S L Wyandottes and a Cuckoo...
  14. CSWolffe

    My new coop!

    Pic of my new coop. Outside run is being constructed as we speak. Lower doors are for seed and bedding storage. My girls are settled in nicely, and by end of weekend will be out playing in the run.
  15. CSWolffe

    Little story of the Incident that cemented my decision to get hens...

    I've wanted backyard chickens for years now, but like most of my other fantasy projects, I never seemed to get around to them. Then last year, my boss and I were building a garage for my cousin-I'm a carpenter by trade. My cousin keeps chickens and goats, mostly so his property keeps its...
  16. CSWolffe

    Hello from Salt Lake City!

    Well, not quite Salt Lake City, We're in the smaller and not quite so metropolitan(end sarcasm font) South Salt Lake City. Chicken ordinance is being passed as we speak, and my chicks will soon be legal! We used to have this sort of informal permission, lots of people around here keep hens, and...
  17. CSWolffe

    UTAH, South Salt Lake

    Hello all! South Salt Lake is in the process of legalizing chickens! Don't tell them I already have a brooder full of four week old pullets and a coop *ahem, that's a garden shed, never-mind the nest boxes and roost* We've wanted chickens for years now, and only this year was able to complete...
  18. CSWolffe

    South Salt Lake City, Utah

    So far Salt Lake City and unincorporated Salt Lake County both have passed ordinances allowing chickens, and now South Salt Lake City is in the process of passing their own! It's in the final stages of being written up, sitting with the city council, the Deputy Community Developer Michael...
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