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This is Fritz. The lady I got him from said he is part Frizzle and has thrown frizzle chicks. I don't know, because he took almost a month to mate with any of my hens or act like he wanted to be in charge so I think he was pretty young when I got him. He's so tall and regal now, and LOVES his...

Saturday was an eventful morning. I got up at 8:00, and all the chickens were doing great in their run. At 8:10, my son went out and gave them fresh water and feed, and collected the eggs. At 8:30, my husband calls me to the back door and says, "Why are those chickens pecking at that red hen's...

Sounds like your neighbor and mine should get together and live somewhere AWAY from us chicken owners! We lost our best and favorite hen this week to my idiot neighbor's dogs that get out on a regular basis. I called the police, they referred to animal control, who came over, took statements...

The hubs and I started our chicken adventure back in February, working our way up to 3 Black Australorps, 5 White Plymouth Rocks, and 5 Red Sex Links. We built their coop inside our shed, with a doggie door to an enclosed outside run. We were worried about our neighbor's dogs, and today, were...

Yeah, there's no way I could, or would want to, do it myself. We will have 9 over the next couple of weeks, and I have two small girls who would be disturbed by doing it in our backyard. There's some things I'm willing to pay for - and keeping my girls from seeing something like that, is...

We are a week or so away from butchering a few roosters. I don't find much info when I Google for processors in my area, so I thought perhaps someone here had a processor they like near Cincinnati? We are actually about 30 minutes east of the downtown area, so northern KY or within 30 miles of...

Ha! No, ours are Irish named for the most part, so we have Lucy, Bridget, Clare, Fiona and Rori. Lucy laid another egg today - but she didn't use the nesting box again, so we have to fix that. But it is a beautiful brown egg!

We got our first egg yesterday too! One of our red sex links, Lucy, laid it by the coop door. We didn't have the nesting boxes up yet - she's only 15 weeks, so it wasn't on the to-do until today. Needless to say, hubby was out making the boxes last night. He scrambled it this morning and made...

I have 5 of the same bird. I'm thinking they're White Rocks. I was so hoping for Leghorns, because they're a more frequent layer, but my 5 girls are pretty friendly; not too flighty. But they look exactly like yours.

Well, then he really is named Seamus. If he turns out to be a loud boy, he may have to find another place to live. But we'll see how he does; he's a good looking man already!

When I was young we got two hens from my mom's friend. We named them Rachel and Rhonda. A few months later, we added another hen and a rooster. They were Rodney and Ruby. We had them for maybe two years, and then Rodney and Rachel had Ralph. And that's where the story ends. Rodney and Ralph...

We put ours out two weeks ago. They were about 5-6 weeks old and pretty much feathered out. We DID run a power cord out there to put a lamp in their coop and we keep it on most of the time. However, the roost is away from the lamp, and they are happier on their roost than under the lamp. I have...

Well, we started with 6 pullets. A couple of weeks later, we got 6 more chicks from TSC. We got 4 pullets and 2 Wyandottes, which were straight run since they were that week's featured breed. I'm pretty sure I have myself a rooster from those two. They're about 7 weeks old now, and check out...

We just built a coop inside our shed for our chicks. We have 12 in there now, but I just bought 6 Australorps that will join them next month. It's almost 4' x 11.5' long. We'll have 8 nesting boxes. They'll also have a 13'x8.5' run that they'll have access to via a doggie door. I don't think I'd...

Yes we have been hit with chicken math too. Had a 3-4 chicken limit, but went to TSC chick days and had to get 6. Then we wanted to do photos with the chicks for Easter, but they started feathering out. So we were going to get 3 Wyandottes from a breeder. But TSC had the same breed as their...

We've got 6 girls that are 4 weeks old, and 6 that are 3 weeks. They're all in a brooder together right now, so if the nighttime temps are up by next weekend, they may all 12 go outside. They are really getting cramped in the brooder and making a BIG mess, so I think they'll love going outside...

I'm thinking perhaps welded wire instead of standard poultry wire. It feels more sturdy, and I'm thinking I'll bury it a bit so that it's stable and the critters won't want to dig under it. I don't think we'll have too much problems with predators during the day, and they are definitely going to...

We now have 12 chicks. 6 are about a week or so from being ready to be outside and the other 6 have about two weeks to go. We live in a neighborhood with a crazy neighbor and their dog, which has a habit of coming into our yard and attacking our pets (our cats, which are now indoor cats...