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I don't use lights or heat my coop. The coop seems to be quite warm in the winter with all the extra bodies. I got pullets last year in May, they laid like champs all summer, then in winter they slowed down. I figured the decrease in the light and the cold had any effect, as they were back to...

I find that my chickens are alot like children. The more vocal they are the more un happy them seem to be. It's been raining the last two days & my chickens are not happy to be locked in their pen. I am waiting for the sun to shine just a little so I can let them out to forage, but it...

My BO produce large eggs, I haven't weighed them but I don't notice any difference between the Delaware & the BO eggs. The eggs that were really small were ones that my RIR laid. BOs can get very broody even when not hatching chicks, I had to keep mine off the nest as they were trying to...

Quote: Emerald, my buff Orph laid an egg, got it while it was still warm! Yah!!! Go girls! Maybe it was the messy coup that made them unhappy!

Thanks for the information. I cleaned out the coop yesterday and they seemed interested. They went into the nesting boxes yesterday, which I think is a good sign. I also picked up my BO; Emerald, (she has green eyes) and found she had alot of new feathers coming in all over. She is more...

Quote: Do you have any pictures? I would love to see what they could look like. Kinda excited for spring to come so I can start my egg collecting/incubating project!

Quote: You can mix any different chickens for the most part I guess and the chicks will be fine. Don't get me wrong when I say that "Mutts" or "Mixes" In My Opinion, seem to be way more vigorous and healthy for the most part, I got alot of em! I do love the purebreds too! Some I mix and some...

Quote: When I let them eat the eggs, I make sure to break it (smash it actually). There has been a few times the egg did not break when it hit the ground or missed the rock I was aiming for, they chase it until they realize its still whole, then walk away & stare at me. I often wonder what...

I don't really use oyster shell, except for the winter because they aren't getting the additional fruits & veggies from our kitchen scraps. When I do, I sprinkle some of it onto the ground in the pen, that way when they are picking up dirt & gravel, they will eat the shell. It seems to work...

My laying hens have also gone on "strike" for the past week. I figured it was a mixture of the cold weather, shorter days and molting. Today, I cleaned out their coop, pretty dirty & smelly in the coop. Tonight when I went to check on everyone, to my surprise the 3 hens were in the nesting...

My 4 month roo is starting to guard his hens. Everytime I try to pick them up, he comes right over to say "she's mine" stay away. I do my best to maintain my status a head chicken Mama by not backing down (even when sitting in the grass holding the pullets. The biggest roo climbed on a branch...

Congrats! I think my 3 hens are starting to lay again, they went through a hard molt or they were on strike. I found all three in the nesting boxes tonight; something they haven't done in a week! Maybe they can encourage the 24 pullets to start laying before the end of winter!

Sometimes hens will eat an egg, especially if the egg broke while being laid. I have seen mice in my coop, once in a while but usually the hens will chase it out or kill it for entering their space. Is the egg in the nesting box? If so, I would guess one of the chickens ate it. I have seen...

I had a few no shell eggs when my hens first started laying. I read that it happens when the chicken's shell gland doesn't properly encase the egg. I have even gotten tiny eggs without a yolk, eggs with double/triple yolks. It is expected for hens to have some trouble in the beginning, this...

I live in CT and we have a horrible tick problem each spring & fall. The initial reason for getting out chickens (in addition to eggs) was to help with the tick problem. Last year it seemed like the flock was doing their job, but we still fould some ticks on the dog. Being that I live about...

Quote: I don't know if the Ameraucana is pure, he is pictured in my avatar. He might be a EE, but he is so pretty that it really doesn't matter. I just want to make sure the offspring is healthy and produces eggs for the family. I would love to see colored eggs, I have all brown layers, my...

I fed my cornish hens non-medicated feed from the start, I didn't have any problems. I was concerned about using medicated feed due to fact that they would be eaten.

Would love to see how your chickens react to the snow. Mine look at it in wonder..maybe wondering why the ground is so cold & wet

I have lots of chick pics my watch dog..lol pig pile of chickens...yes they are alive just cooling off in the dirt chicks don't get their feet wet Okay, who's gonna run out into the white stuff first? of course the cutest:

Wow. Your chicken coop is bigger than my shed! What a project to undertake yourself. You must have lots of room for chickens, how many do you usually keep?