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hello, all, posting this because, my bf found a possum in our ladies run a few hours ago, and he was obsessing about his "ladies", he is my "rooster", so I understand and love his obsessiveness. quick background, we have three ladies, two rir, and one leghorn, we have a tractor coop, live...

I have a raised bed garden used to grow vegetables. 8x8 divided into three big "boxes", right now I am weaning out of my spring/summer "harvest", i planted cucumbers, eggplant, grean beens, tomatoes, grapes, had a great cucumber, and green bean harvest, few tomatoes, and my eggplants are...

if you could only have two ducks, what would they be ? I am wanting some ducks, for my urban farm, only thing is i can only have two per city code, , I would be having them more for eggs, and as a pet, I don't want to have a male because i am not looking for breeding, they would free range in my...

I got a new juicer for my birthday, it separates the juice in one container, and spits out the pulp, leftovers to another container. So now I am going to be having alot more fruit and veggie pulp. I figured I could feed it to my ladies as a treat. My question-- are there any fruits or veggies...

am i the only one that gets seriously annoyed, with the geico commercial with the free range chickens? and don't get me wrong, I love the commercial, anything with chickens, I LOVE, but I get seriously annoyed at the end of it when the guy, says "HE, just keeps sending pictures!!!" hello Geico...

My BF, brought in the eggs today, he brought in this blooper egg, which he is convinced has a double yolk cause "it looks like a butt" his words : ) At first, I thought it was laid by my leghorn mrs. priss, but upon closer inspection, I think it is the first egg laid by my RIR Uncle Jim after...

after months of no other animal even knowing our little ladies exist,a few CATS have stumbled upon their existence. The first was a few weeks ago, a cat was sitting on the fence watching my ladies, one of my dogs started growling at the window and I got up to look and saw he was growling at the...

my ladies have been laying since july, and I am now getting two eggs a day, sometimes three. What I usually do on Sundays, I will boil them to eat for breakfast, on my way to work during the week or make deviled eggs. (more deviled eggs lately ). Well, I have noticed that my eggs are very hard...

K this really is not a question about egg laying, rather its more a question about the eggs being layed. My ladies, started laying in july, I am now getting a pretty regular two eggs a day every day, some days three. : ), Well, I have noticed a few little traits my ladies have, the leghorn...

what is the difference between a chicken and a hen?

HEllo, IM kinda new here, my ladies are about four months old, I only have three two RIRs and one leghorn, so far they have been excellent. today though, one of my RIR is breathing heavy, and sounds like she has a "sore throat". She is eating, and pecking and drinking water, normal, she will...

I have three lil ladies, a white leghorn, and two rhode island reds. OK their pecking order goes leghorn (ms. priss) rir (big one Uncle jim), and the last is my lil rir (aunt freddie), ok so my lil rir is always left behind, I was sad for her today, she just always chases around the other...

I made a sand box for my ladies sand, topsoil, and some diatamacious earth, they just sit it in, lol, its becoming a litter box. Yesterday I woke up and my bf, was like, ok luv," we dont have a white chicken anymore", apparentlly the ladies were free ranging, and found the corner of the yard...

been reading and seeing all these great coops, I wanted to post some pics of my coop, its not perfect, but so far so good, my three chickaladies, arent complaining : ). so here goes, I call it my Frankencoop, because, I pretty much made it from salvaged wood, they only thing I bought was the...

I got my ladies in March, so they are about 8 or so weeks old, my bf keeps asking me "when do they start sounding like real chickens? because they still sound like the little peepers they were, lol he teases me and says, "its because I baby them to much" So when do the peep peeps, become bock...

I got my ladies, back in march two rr reds, and one leghorn, all are doing great, but the other day, I noticed that the leghorns head has turned gray!! I thought maybe she got into some dirt, but it wouldn't come out or wipe away, Im just curious, does this happen often the top pic is...

I guess my lil ladies are getiting bigger, tonight is thier first night without thier light on !!!! Im happy and sad at the same time. I turned off their light hours ago, and not a peep : ( my lil peepsqueeks are becoming chickaladies : )

K, this is my first "flock" of chickens. I got three lil ladies two and a half weeks ago, so far they are doing great, their feathers are coming in and they are getting bigger, every day. I started to "free range" them the third day I had them. They get at least two or more hours a day...

I brought my lil chickadees, home last friday, so far they have been doing great in a large tote, i fill with pine shavings, and clean daily, food, water, they have a heat lamp, and i have a plastic gate pinned down on the top. I have them outside, in their run at min two hours a day in the...