Search results for query: *

This morning I noticed that the smallest of my chickens, probably around 16 to 20 weeks old, had a bloody spot near her tail and that the others in my mixed flock were very curious about it. She has not started laying yet. Only 2 in this group of 8 have; they are a few weeks older than this...

One of my young olive egger pullets has lost some of her feathers so that there is a bare patch on her tail. I haven't seen any of the others picking on her and she seems healthy; she is not lethargic or anything. Does anyone know what might be causing that?

I just got 8 half grown chickens yesterday. We kept them in a large dog crate during the day and at dark last night we put them into the coop so they would know their sleeping place. This morning we were able to get three of them to come out but the others are wandering around in there and...

Does anyone know if Little Gem is still in operation? I went to their website and it is not working.

Hi, I am looking for young hens that haven't started laying yet or only just started to purchase. I would like some Auracaunas and maybe Delawares, Buff Orpingtons or Marans. I really just want a variety of egg colors. If anyone has any available please let me know. I've tried the Farm...

We trimmed up so short ribs and got rid of the bones that were cut into small pieces cut across. The hens always like any fat that we trim off of meat and so we threw that out. They scarfed it all up immediately but now I'm a little worried about those bones. They were less than one half inch...

What can I put on it to help heal up. No one else is pecking at it because the wing covers it up but she pecks at it.

We had lots and lots of rain yesterday and especially last night and this morning. It has stopped now and I went out to get eggs. The girls look pretty bedraggled but they are running around like normal. I hope they will be ok. It is not supposed to get really cold until tomorrow night so I...

And it is only a little after noon. We have 5 hens and 2 started laying before Thanksgiving. They are the only ones that have layed through December. About the middle of January every now and then we would get three eggs a day but I was always never sure if it just got layed late the evening...

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/01/27/chicken0127.html Check out this article in the Atlanta newspaper. It is very nice.

Well, I only have myself to blame. I knew I was a perfect candidate, overweight, over 50, but as they say denial is not just a river in Egypt. Now I have to face the music and start eating right and exercising and get this stuff under control. I guess I felt like I needed to say something...

Hello, This kind of goes along with the Breeder vs Show Birds thread. I got Barred Holland chicks from Ideal in May. They have started laying this week and we are getting ivory or light tan colored eggs. They are supposed to lay white eggs. I was wondering if any other Barred Holland owners...

We got our first egg today!!!! My husband heard lots of squawking and carrying on and went out to see what was what. One of the hens was in the nest box but had not laid an egg at that time. When I came home from work we went out to see and there was the first egg. It is small but has a...

It is 5:44 and there hasn't been a post since 5:24?

Well, I got rushed and did not get to think through the process of integrating these new birds in with my flock. Neither set is very old. I wanted a couple of chickens that would lay larger eggs and that would be easy to tell apart for raising chicks. A friend had extra BO pullets and I took...

Good friends and neighbors helped with the construction of this coop. It was a true communal effort. I'm posting the pictures we have of the whole process. My husband clearing out the site for the coop. My friend, Matt, beginning work on the coop. Matt and his son, Jamie, working on...

I managed to upload two pictures using the BYC picture hosting site and they worked fine. Now it does not like my pictures and says that they do not have the appropriate file exension, even the ones I already uploaded. Why doesn't it like them? They are JPG files.

I am attempting to do pictures for the first time. I am so plesed that we have managed to raise 10 Barred Holland chicks from infancy up to 12 weeks old and are almost ready to put them in their permanent home outdoors in a coop. Right now they are in a borrowed a-frame ark type home, which I...

Hello everyone, I ordered barred hollands from Ideal and my chicks are now 6 weeks old. I keep seeing folks with pictures of their barred plymouth rocks and they look just like the pictures of what my barred hollands are supposed to look like, single comb, black and white spotted hens darker...

I've searched the archives and have not found any definitive answer. What kind of paint or stain should I use on the exterior of chicken tractor or coop? The chickens will have some contact with it but not much.