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Need hatchery information for Washington State - or which one is your favorite for ordering day-old chicks? Thanks in advance for any information you can share

Thx for the reply and for listening. He was huge (even for and English Orp) according to an experienced farmer down the street - weighed him at the post office (before they opened) and he was just over 21 pounds. The girls were all cuddled around him this morning when i opened the coop - he...

Why am I crying over a dead rooster? Sir Poops-a-lot was only about 10 months old and more than 20 pounds - very active and ranged nearly 1/3 acre - no signs of illness or distress - hugging his girls last night and dead today! Can they just get too big for their hearts? Everyone else is...

"Papa, is that you?" Seems our rooster is nearly as big as the holiday bird!

Love to have a camera on the nest box..... my funniest experience yet is my huge orp rooster chasing my two EE (because they won't submit) and at the last minute they each go a different direction and he runs straight into a bush, or a tree, or even the water container, where he stops and...

so funny aren't they

The girls have claimed one corner of the coop (4x4x4) for their nest - they don't sleep or even poop in that corner - it is funny though that they will wait for one to finish laying when there is plenty of room to lay elsewhere - even the rooster (Sir Poops-A-Lot -a huge english orp) stays out...

Thought the hens would pile the eggs to sit on them - watched one hen roll an egg with her beak - just never expected to see them all lined up

Hi Everyone! This is my first post although i must confess to devouring this website! Left a couple of eggs in the coop to encourage the newly laying hens to lay their eggs inside - the two older hens layed this morning and this is how i found them! One-two-three-four all in a row - the...