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I am having so much fun with my Buff Orpingtons and Black Sexlink. We had a Buff go to brooding and hatched 8 out of 11 eggs.

This is a really good idea. I have a ton of walmart buckets around so I think I'll try this.

Well, I guess there is hope for the future then. I was resigned to getting some ducks next year, but I guess I better watch my chickens a little better. I haven't seen as many slugs around lately. I thought it was because I go slug hunting every night and squish them with by slug squisher...

Yikes, They all jumped over the fence of my garden and had a pirrana feeding frenzy on my lettuce. There is nothing left but the nubs. One human cannot stand up to 16 hens who want lettuce. I'm sure I looked like a keystone cop chasing chickens all over the place.

It seems like they are mostly yoke and little white. I hope that it is not a mental problem with my taste buds.

I asked my neighbor why my chickens lay small eggs and she told me, "Oh, they are just practice eggs." I have never raised chickens before, so I was unprepared when I saw these little eggs. I had been checking the nesting box every day hoping to find the first egg and when I did, I almost...

how did you get your chickens to eat slugs? Mine won't even touch them.I even gathered up some slugs and then porch chicken scratch on it and they still wouldn't get the slugs.

now that I think about it I believe that the chickens are my favorite toy. My wife & I get so much enjoyment out of watching them. They do so many crazy things. Like especially take the compost pile and spread it out all over the yard. I have fun raking it back up. So I guess is really a team...

You are right about ME being my chicken's best toy. They free range and are always under my feet somehow, especially when I am near the greenhouse.