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idk im not sure all i know is that was the first time we ever saw a white bellied bird around here and it was a lot bigger than the hawks we have and when i researched online it said that on rare occasion an osprey will eat other birds / even rabbits i believe it said if need be, we do have a...

hi everybody sorry for everyones loses :( yesterday i lost my favorite chicky to what we are going to blame as a "osprey", we saw a huge bird bigger than the hawks we normally see with a white belly, thats all we could see and never thought twice about it because our girls were "locked up safe"...

another perk to home fresh eggs :)

yay ive been getting a bunch of really big eggs here lately, 5 from a white leggern and now the golden buff laid her first huge one does anybody know what makes that happen? they are always double yolks when they are that big and im really excited i just dont know if its their food or are they...

you can see the 3 large ones, ones cracked they wont let the top close on the carton regular size egg in the middle

my golden comet usually lays large fat dark brown eggs but my white leggern she has given us 6 double yolkers so far that are HUGE havent gotten to measure them yet

my leggern that has been laying white eggs we flipped off the inside llight at night and i think got her schedule regulated and she has laid 3 JUMBO eggs like look like mini dinosaur eggs but they were one per day its almost like she either lays 2 a day most days that are soft or one huge one...

wow thanks a bunch for all the help everybody..... is that why they squat?!?!?! me and my mom thought it was because they were use to us picking them up?? so if they dont squat then they havent laid? how does that work

your chickens swallow mice? lol i dont know if i read that wrong or not

thanks a bunch

hey chickensrdinos i like your user name lol i totally get it, i thought maybe i was the only one who thought there was a resemblance, but have all your double eggs all been soft shelled? and do you know if soft shelled eggs are still ok to eat if eaten without trying to store it first? thanks

is this a barred plymouth like i was told? ive never heard of the other breed your talking about and i cant tell who is laying a medium sized deep brown egg either the plymouth or the golden comet behind her in the pic so if anybody has any pics of eggs from barred plymouths or golden comets or...

can somebody load a pic of an egg from a barred plymoth rock or a golden comet so i can tell who is laying? thanks

PLEASE HELP i have a barred plymoth rock, a golden comet, a black sex link, and a white leggern i know the black sex link is laying little light brown speckled eggs the white leggern is laying white eggs but the problem is i ever only get 3 eggs a day with 4 hens so somebodys not laying except...

we have a white leggern and she has laid two eggs 3 days in a row and today when she did it she squatted right in front of us while we were sitting in our lawn chairs (freaked us out actually cuz she fluffed all up and just froze) and laid it right on our cement walkway but all the 2nd eggs have...

im a beginner too and only have 4 hens but i use a combo of hay and shavings both worked fine but the shavings smell better and seem to make it cleaner

welp i knocked on wood too soon, she has gotten out the last 3 days!?! im beside myself i dont know what to do, i clipped the one wing and it had to been far enough i know it was atleast and inch, so she must be hopping it, where and how i have no idea our fence is 4 or 5ft not sure which, gonna...

2 days so far (knock on wood) and she hasnt gotten back out again, do you think clipping their wing stunts their jumping ability a little?

yah thats the only website ive seen the picture shows cutting the top long ones to the length as the shorter bottom ones, i cut her top ones and they are barely shorter than the bottoms but actually now that i looked at the picture again it still looks like they cut more than i did, im getting...

Help!?! my leggern has jumped out of her run 3 days in a row, thank goodness when we walk out shes just relaxing in the yard (dont know for how long) anywayz clipped her top long feathers on one side probably about a 1/4 in and she finally SHOWED me how she just kinda hops right out next cut...