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  1. monaname

    Heat = low egg production

    Anyone else having this issue with all the heat in the North East this week?
  2. monaname

    Bare belly and redness, bare patch before tail feathers on the top.

    I have 5 BPR hens that just turned a year old and have been in great health. One hen today I noticed sitting down and it struck me as odd, but I didn't really think about it until later this evening. My girls free-range and I saw four of them doing their usually walk/sweep of the lawn...where...
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    Good rooster vs. Bad rooster

    So, today ends the journey for my first rooster, Pippin. His aggressive antics have won him a one-way trip to the broiler. Now, I liked having him around and would have put up with him if it were just me, but I have two children under the age of three and I didn't want to take any chances. My...
  4. monaname

    Swiper, No swiping!

    Friday morning, my husband ran a fox off, but not before the fox tried to take one of the hens. He had her in his mouth, but when my husband chased him, he dropped her. She lost a lot of feathers and was shaken up, but I brought her in the house and put her in a big cage. She rested for the...
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    The Jane Goodall of Chickens

    My husband called me this morning to tell me about the "conversation" the chickens were having in the yard. And then he attempted to mimic the chatter. I had a good laugh. I wonder if anyone has actually studied the language of chickens....like they have whales or apes.....hmmmmm
  6. monaname

    I don't want to cull my cockrel, but...

    Okay, I got a rooster because I planned on free-ranging my flock and wanted that healthy added protection, but since my rooster is becoming a "man" he's turning into a real jerk. As I was walking away from the flock with some treats in hand, the little *&^%%$ whacked the back of my knee and drew...
  7. monaname

    Pecked, 3Xs!

    So, I am anxiously waiting the first eggs from my BPR hens any day now. They were hatched June 6th, 2011. Their combs and wattles are in various degrees of maturity, which is kind of weird since they were all hatched on the same day....but anyway. So, there I was, in the yard, in shorts since it...
  8. monaname

    A lot of pictures to share today

    Some updates to the coop and some pics of my roo and the girls; The dust bath; Handsome Rooster to be; More stones/less mud; Run door; The nesting boxes in waiting; The golf ball eggs;
  9. monaname

    Got error 12 from storage engine

    I'm getting this when I try to go to my BYC page....is it just my account or is there an issue with BYC?
  10. monaname

    The run has begun!

    We're finally getting to building the run. Here's our hard work from today. I'm also including the pics showing the newly mounted roost and automatic chicken door, which by the way, is the coolest thing. And Pippin, eating up some bugs in the lawn!
  11. monaname

    First Day "Free Ranging"

    So I took a chance today and left for work without herding the flock back into the coop while I was gone for the day. Good news, they all were safe and sound when I returned this afternoon. Well, they weren't entirely unsupervised....The contractor rebuilding our deck was at the house. He...
  12. monaname

    Funny video of my chickens and my 2 year old daughter

    I took this little video today and had to share; mychickenvideo
  13. monaname

    Fantastic blog

    Since I'm new to the chicken world, maybe you've all seen this before, but I had to share this fantastic blog; http://scratchandpeck.blogspot.com/ This is true talent.
  14. monaname

    Big first day in the yard

    I was very exited today to let the flock out of the coop for the first time. We're still in the process of constructing the coop and the run, but I really wanted them to get out and feel the grass under their toes! The pics are at the end of my blog. Enjoy...
  15. monaname

    They're IN the coop!

    Hi there. I've been posting the progress of the coop build as it goes on. This weekend was a HUGE step. We were able to move the birds into the coop. And we did it at 10:30pm. They took it fairly well. I think it's because they were half asleep already. Please check out the pics at the end of my...
  16. monaname

    And some more work on the coop

    Hi All, It's me again. The coop has windows now! YEAH. Please take a look at my blog and scroll to the end. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=96936 Thanks again.
  17. monaname

    More work on the coop, yup, in THIS HEAT

    For those interested, see the end of my blog for the latest coop build pics. Thanks for taking a look. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=96936
  18. monaname

    Emergency Brooder expansion, take 2

    The chicks are growing faster than we can build their new coop! Please check out the end of my blog for the latest pics. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=96936
  19. monaname

    It's almost done..... :-)

    YEAH, more progress on the coop! A roof and some siding, oh my! See the end of my blog for the latest pics. https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=96936
  20. monaname

    Going Solar!

    I'm trying to decide on how to power up the coop we're building. See my BYC page. Anyway, I was thinking that it would be nice to use solar to power a light, a water heater and for those really extra cold New England Winter nights, an oil radiator space heater. Any suggestions?
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