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as for hardy chickens, I love Black Sexlinks. I live in Spokane Washington and we can get some very cold and ugly winters. I have Black Sexlinks that are cold tolerant and lay eggs year round. I also have Wynedott (spelling?). They are also cold hardy. I have a very large chicken coop and...

I have 4 large dogs and the dogs had to learn to leave the chickens alone. i had the chickens in their chicken house and yard until my dogs understood that the chickens were part of our animal family. I did not allow my chickens to free range until the dogs began to ignore the chickens. Most...

I keep losing this thread. There are so many different threads that are interesting that it is hard to keep track of where everyone is! I will find a way!

Ooo! I would be afraid to put any of my chicks outside when they are that small. I would be like ringing a dinner bell for the Crows and Magpies! I am beginning to learn that Magpies are quite the little preditor and they work together in small flocks. I watched them one day form a "military...

Welcome from Spokane Washington!!

Welcome ! You have a nice mix of chickens. The way I named some of my chickens was using cartoon characters such as "Pebbles", "Bam-Bam", Fred, Barney, Betty, Wilma or I watch how the chicken acts. I have one Speckled Sussex rooster named "Bugsey" because I was watching him one day after...

Welcome to BYC!! This is a wonderful site to get information about farm fowl. It sounds like you have a few Wynadotte's. They are a hardy breed of chicken. My favorite chickens are the sex links (black, red and golden). They are excellent layers and tolerate the cold well. When I got my...

Welcome to BYC!! from Spokane Washington. Yes, my experience is that the first eggs that the hens lay are considerably smaller when they first start laying until the hens get a bit older. I remember by Black Sex Link hens first eggs were about the size of a quarter and the first ones I...

Thanks for the clarification on the breeds. I have been trying to get some hens that lay unusual eggs. also I have an Araucana (sp) rooster.

Thanks for the information on the EE. I think I found a Hatchery nearby that may have some EE's available.

I live out by Nine Mile and I would like to know where you your EE in Deer Park. I have been trying to find out where to get an EE hen/chick. I have an Auraucana rooster but I do not know where to get the EE hen. My email address is [email protected]. Thanks!

Me too! Me Too! I would like to know how to get some Olive eggers

Welcome!! If the chicks are 2.5 months old, they should be well fledged. I would make sure that they have a warm and dry place to stay and maybe a heat lamp at night for them if they feel the need for extra warmth. I guess that depends on where you live. They will need clean food and water...

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I have a concrete floor on my chicken coop. I live on an old farm and my coop is ugly but whoever built it knew what they were doing. We have a problem with coyotes, cold winters and, occasionally torrental rain. The floor and make almost like a giant concrete bathtub. The coop is built on a...

Welcome to BYC!! I love this site. I had a hen that started getting sick and it turned out to be her crop was compacted. She had diahrea (sp). Look in the Learning Center site of BYC and there is an article about how to help her out. Has your hen been free ranging? My hen died and she was...

I see you are new to BYC!! Welcome!! If this is the first time you have raised chicks. It is very simple. 1st and foremost, you need to keep them warm with a heat lamp. Next, they need clean bedding. I use small animal litter that you can get in any store that sells small animals like...

OMG! What a cute chick! I just love the picture. My name is Chicken Girl Sue from Spokane Washington and I have about 10 laying hens and one rooster. My favorite breed of chicken for laying eggs is the sex links. I had 5 Black Sex Links that were the best chickens I ever had. They were...

Welcome to BYC! I was looking at the picture of the chick. I wonder if the growth on the chicks head has something to do with the egg sac that the chick grows in.I am wondering when the chick hatched if there was still some of the egg sac left or maybe it could be the beginning of a parasitic...