I ordered 25 White Jersey Giants, they shipped today from Cackle Hatchery, should be here friday, I cant wait, just dont know how the other Chicks are gonna take to them..... well we will see how it goes...
Hey Everyone it has been a while , A week ago, one of my white rocks hatched herself 15 chicks in a clutch she hid in my shed, they are all healthy and alot friendlier than their mom who came in the mail, The way I figure, a few diff hen layed in the same clutch, Roosters ( 3 ) all BO, and my...
I just don't know how I feel about this yet, one of my RR's was beating and biting the Heck out of my BO's... What in the world.... I know they have there pecking order, but the RR was really aggressive and just mean, that Poor BO just stuck under me till I left for work and my hubby said she...
Yesterday I collected 5 eggs from the layer boxes, and today there was 22 ,I am sooo excited, thats 22 in the boxes and 2 in the yard... so 24 out of 27 hens is not bad at all... I am soo late tho I need to buy the egg flats... too many eggs too quick... lol .... I LOVE MY BIRDS
I went from getter these little golf ball sized eggs to this huge egg... lol... i don't know if you can tell but my hands are huge,, well im told for a girl anyway!
this is what we got this morning
I tried to post this last night and thought I had but cant find it soooo I'm guessing it didn't work .... soo here we go again.... this sneaky lil momma made a lil hut outta the tall grass and had 5 eggs in there... i had to maove her because I was scared something would get her ... an animal or...
I knew she was my fav for a reason , this is her first egg, she started laying monday and for the past 2 days she is laying 2 eggs at a time...... I wonder what my nosey neighbor would say about that. ... calling my red sex link worthless..... I LOVE my birds.... Now if i can just get the...
Lay hens have started to lay, I have not given any oyster shells or layer pellets.... and the eggs are perfect, none are soft and they are very tasty I must say !! I do give them table scraps some time but they free range all day, but I am soooo happy because I was afraid of getting soft eggs...
It was the Funniest thing I ever saw, I was in the house and heard all this noise the kids was laughing so hard I went out to see what it was... HAHAHAHA I sat on the back porch and watched for like an hour, this big 260 lp man chasing these chickens all over the place ... I was soo amused I...
I ordered all of my egg layers from welp... Pretty and healthy birds... My neighbor got hers from a breeder, her roos are 2 weeks older than mines.. But My BO's Roos are really huge compared to hers. we buy our feed from the same store , 1 week I pick up for her and the next she picks up for...
Ok so for the past few days , well wait let me start at the begining, my DH was working in the yard and a peice of plastic tarp fell in the chicken run.... I didn't get the chance to pick it up right away... the next day after I let the flock out and picked up the tarp, MY CHICKENS WENT CRAZY...
I am Jewish and for religious reasons I can not eat shell fish... we live totally kosher.. in my religion shell fish are an unclean food... but everyone is telling me that the chicks will need the shells for good eggs.... I am wondering is there anything else that can be given instead of the...
I ordered minds from welp.... All hens... and none of them seem to dress over 7 lbs in 8 weeks.... I have seen on here where people have had 9 up to 12 pounders... who did you order from? whats your biggest Dress pounds? I'm courious... Im thinking of doing meaties agian... but I don't think I...
I cannot believe this crazy dig bat neighbor of minds called animal control on me!!!
reported that was Abusing my animals because they didn't have enough space and I let them rome all over every ones property...
Now 1st... She comes over an says and I quote I didn't know you had chicken...
I have the sweetest Red Sex link, Named ( Sexy ) LOL... I'm gonna post pics of her tomorrow, she is sooo spoiled, she tries to jump in my arms, I used to think she was tryna attack me, until she jumpped in my arms and sat like she was a baby, If I sit in the yard she sits right wit me, she's...