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  1. Lancaster City Farmer

    Dead Skin, Fingernails and Toenails. YUCK !

    Mine go bonkers for my TOE JAM , yo ahl is sick puppies!
  2. Lancaster City Farmer

    Hen Squawking when other Hen is in the coop laying an egg-normal??

    I raised 2 NHREDS and they are sisters,whenever they are apart out ranging or one is laying they sqawk I believe as communication.
  3. Lancaster City Farmer

    My EE is laying

    I have 2 NHREDS and 2 EE and 1 of each bread is now laying an egg a day. I guess it will be fried or scrambled for breakfast and egg salad sandwichs for lunch !
  4. Lancaster City Farmer

    my girls wont eat treat

    Give them shelled sunflower seeds they will go bonkers also they love strawberries so much so I have not eaten an unmolested one in my patch for 2 months!
  5. Lancaster City Farmer

    Time $$$ Agravation ! Is It Really Worth It ?

    Yes and real butter,my NHRED hen has been laying for 10 days now and her older sister by one week laid her first this morning,now my Ameracauna sisters are 22 weeks old and no eggs yet. I hope to get 2 dozens eggs a week!
  6. Lancaster City Farmer

    My new coop

    5 by 5 by 3ft deep,18 inches high underneath for added space.It will 4 birds just right. I finished the underneath section today and they love the shade under there.
  7. Lancaster City Farmer

    I'm worried my hen is a roo?

    My NHRED hen has comb and wattles just like that and she is laying nice brown eggs!
  8. Lancaster City Farmer

    My new coop

    And yes last night they where up in the top sitting on the roost!
  9. Lancaster City Farmer

    My new coop

    Hangover mondays.Thanks for the input, they will have under the coop once I configure a slide in feed and water box also I will build a larger fenced in enclosure so I can let them out in the evening.They do enjoy their evenings ripping my garden to shreads! I moved my other bird in the left...
  10. Lancaster City Farmer

    My new coop

    I guess nobody likes it! Boohoo
  11. Lancaster City Farmer

    My new coop

    My NHRed girl started laying a week and a half ago and the last few days she has decided to fly out of her 6 foot run in the morning to go in the garden and lay her egg in private, I found her in my green onion patch hunkered down low squatting. She layed a nice egg and came out doing the egg...
  12. Lancaster City Farmer

    RI Red New Hampshire or Production red which is best breed to order

    Yes the one who is a week older grew them 3 weeks ago and they are getting big and red,she is the one already laying.The other started about 2 weeks ago and they are getting bigger every day.I think she will start laying any day now.
  13. Lancaster City Farmer

    early laying and egg is soft

    My 17 week old NHRED laid 3 perfect eggs in a row and then 2 thin shelled egg farts within the same day.She then took one day off laying and has laid 2 perfect eggs since.It will take their young systems a while to get on track and a regular patern.
  14. Lancaster City Farmer

    Grow your own! (Food for chickens)

    Mine love zucchini I slice in half and they eat all the way to the skin,they get laer feed all they want as well.Also they tear up my strawberry beds when I am not looking.
  15. Lancaster City Farmer

    RI Red New Hampshire or Production red which is best breed to order

    I have 2 NHR and I wouldn't give them up for any amount of money,the younger one 18 weeks has just started laying and they are friendly easy to train etc.She has laid 6 eggs in 6 days so I think that is good.The other is a week older and I think she will start laying any day.
  16. Lancaster City Farmer

    young rooster mating...

    As a manly man myself I can assure you the crack of dawn aint safe around us males.
  17. Lancaster City Farmer

    how in the world am I supposed to figure this out???

    My NHRED who just starting laying had a white looking vent area like calcium from the egg she layed that day,also she would squat down and you could see her trying to push out the egg.Just watch them and you can figure it out.
  18. Lancaster City Farmer

    West Side Coop

    When my birds do that the other takes it as a challenge and they bounce breasts off each other and then one backs down,pecking order thing I guess.
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