I am getting ready in a week or two to order 10 female from TSC/Hoover. I have 5 left of the black Australorpe/brown Leghorn/Barred Rock mix that hatched out 3 years ago. Ready to start up again. I have been reading all the threads concerning Rainbow Dixies and am anxious to get them. I'm also...
I'm an okie too! Just southeast of Idabel, OK. I'm down to 6 chickens right now. When I cut back to part time next year I plan on getting some more. The ones I have right now are all black, but are a mix of australorp, brown leghorn and barred rock. The daddy was a straight black australorp...
I still save and crush my chickens' egg shells, and I do have different hens now (3 breeds) but the last two bags of oyster shell I bought, the shell has been smaller and the hens eat it very well. I sort of mix the two when I fill their container. I emptied the bags into another container so I...
I have an Ameraucana hen that is over a year old, and she has laid 2 eggs in the same day several times. It has been after a day that she hasn't laid any so we are guessing she is somehow holding one. She is the only one that lays a green egg, so we know it is hers and I check thoroughly 2 to...
This morning when cleaning off the dropping board I found this flesh colored clump and I cut it open. I think the hen that laid it is possibly the one that lays eggs without the shell from the roost sometimes. They may have a bit of thin membrane but thats about it. A couple of weeks ago she...