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  1. ole-crone

    What about two coops?

    We have four interconnecting coops. The chickens choose their favorite to sleep in or lay their eggs. We open one door for them to have access to the outdoors. Coop A is the original, mostly used for sleeping by the older chickens. Coop B is dark and dreary in my opinion but they love to lay...
  2. ole-crone

    Coffee grounds and chickens

    We brought home home bags of kitchen scraps from a local coffee shop one winter. The chickens hated the coffee grounds and the stuff just piled up higher and higher. They also avoided the scraps that had grounds stuck to them. This was good, fair trade coffee too - not just any ol' thing. We...
  3. ole-crone

    Small comb, lots of eggs?

    I'd stay away from RIRs in cold areas. I've noticed with that ours are NOT included in the group that lays through the winter. Thanks to a new security camera we keep on the nests our best winter layers are Black Star, EE, Barred Rock and a Welsummer just started laying as well as an old brown...
  4. ole-crone

    Chicken with grey hair??

    When my barred rocks grow new feathers I realize how dingy their old ones had become. Sometimes they even look a bit brownish.
  5. ole-crone

    What breed? Andulnasian? Minorca?

    It doesn't look like our andalusians at all but does look like our Minorca. Pray for Minorca -they lay better.
  6. ole-crone

    Why soy free?? (And the effects of soy)

    An organic feed can still include soy. A friend is certified organic and has had a hard time finding organic chicken feed that does not include soy. We're starting to get customers asking us to eliminate it. Others refuse to buy the eggs now. My last baby was born in a 7th Day Adventist...
  7. ole-crone

    arctic cold front--special precautions for texas hens?

    Cold laughs at the heated dog bowl. The girls will be ok as long as you keep them dry and away from drafts.
  8. ole-crone

    Tomato Horn Worms in December!!!

    The brown was more likely turning into the cocoon. They are beautiful moths. Some people suggest that you grow a few extra tomato plants just for the spinx moth to live on.
  9. ole-crone

    Outdoor Cat...bad idea for a nearby chicken coop

    We have 10 cats that are allowed to roam outside whenever they please. We've even had wild barn cats - none have ever bothered our chickens - not even mothers with babies. I think chickens tell cats who's boss fairly quickly.
  10. ole-crone

    Preferred Layers or Best Layers

    In freezing temps, my EEs seem to lay the most. Actually, maybe I should say hovering around zero F.
  11. ole-crone

    I can't imagine living in the North....

    Had to kick on the air conditioner at 75? No thanks! I don't see how you guys can stand the humidity and heat. I've lived in So. CA and I much prefer having winter here in UT. I've lost more animals to heat than cold.
  12. ole-crone

    What sex do you think is harder to sex? Silkies or EE/Ameraucanas?

    I can sex most chickens fairly early - as long as they have tail feathers. Silkies take a while. As soon as the tail feathers start to come in - I know what I have. Female's tail feathers look like hands together - like in prayer. Praying for females! This normally happens before the comb...
  13. ole-crone

    How many of you are experiencing a drop in egg production?

    Tis the time of year - waiting for eggs here too.
  14. ole-crone

    What do you do about a frostbit comb?

    Our Marans rooster had awful frostbite last winter. I wondered how he his comb was going to survive - normally roos get it on the tips but he had a huge circle just above his head, in the middle. The black was on both sides, suggesting that the damage went through and through. To my surprise...
  15. ole-crone

    No electric NEAR coop and waterers keep freezing...

    we bring ours in at night
  16. ole-crone

    need to vent....

    Get rid of the rooster. Make sure the coop/run area is the model of chickendom and when the city complains, invite them out to see what you have. You never know, if you can demonstrate that your chickens are clean, quiet and happy - they might not care.
  17. ole-crone

    6-egg style cartons for really big eggs?

    Eggcarton.com sells cartons for duck eggs or JUMBO chicken eggs. We bought some last year. They are not my favorite egg carton source - the cartons tend to be hard to separate. BUT they do have what you are looking for.
  18. ole-crone

    What breed is Goliath?!?

    Boy- look at the length of that neck! I wonder if there is some Russian Orloff in him?
  19. ole-crone

    I think that my rooster has Pneumonia (HELP )

    Sad - Sounds like you have one sick rooster and you did all you could to try to help. Our old duck was very sick - mucous draining out of eyes and mouth, etc. I thought for sure he'd die - but he surprised me and is still alive a couple of years later. Keep your poor guy as warm and comfortable...
  20. ole-crone

    They will huddle, right?

    They might and they might not - we're going down to 4 tonight and our coop also is not insulated and does not have heating. The chickens seems to be surviving fine - I don't know how but they are. We've tried to insulate a little - but when it is this cold - it chills me to the bone.
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