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  1. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Sorry you haven't gotten any answers, I'm assuming because no one really has any experience. I've only had chickens for about a year and I picked all mine to be especially cold hardy because of our coop location (it's perpetually in the shade) and set-up (small coop in an open yard). I think...
  2. eggsbert

    Comment by 'eggsbert' in item 'Australorp'

    @Shezadandy I'm glad none of our birds have shown an interest in flying, but they find other ways to cause trouble. We named ours Jessie and Jamie (after Team Rocket on Pokemon because they're trouble). Hopefully yours continue to lay well, because ours got of to a good start but then dropped...
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    Comment by 'eggsbert' in item 'Ameraucana'

    @hotlipshens We got ours from a local hatchery called Desert Springs Farms (whom you can locate here on BYC). They are not easter eggers.
  4. eggsbert

    Comment by 'eggsbert' in item 'Australorp'

    In my research, I'd read a lot of great things about them, which is why I got them for my first flock. @JessHeller I'm not sure why ours aren't friendly, but the other two I gave to neighbors aren't well liked either. It's possible it's the hatchery so @2oldnow if yours don't friendly up or...
  5. eggsbert

    Utah!

    It's been a while since I've been on (though I check the forums on occasion). How's everyone doing? What are yall up to? And hello to anyone who hasn't seen me on. From the posts it looks like a lot of you are raising chicks (though I feel some of you never stopped ;] ).
  6. eggsbert

    Review by '' on item 'Faverolles'

    Big, slow, and pretty, but not as stupid or shy as described. Our family has mixed feeling about this particular bird. Social Features: (4/5) Our hen is not pushy but not a pushover either. She is a middle of the road hen, dominating over our Ameraucanas but submitting to our Australorps. She...
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    Review by '' on item 'Australorp'

    We got four of these birds from a local store (commercial hatchery chicks) and ended up only keeping two. They are big birds with pushy personalities. Social Features: (2/5) Despite hand raising these chicks, they are not very personable and they can be quite the bullies when they want to be...
  8. eggsbert

    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

    Our family got three Wheaten Ameraucanas from a local hatchery. We got our birds a little late, so they were quite skittish and did not grow up with the rest of the flock (though they were introduced early enough we didn't have a problem with aggression). Social Features: (3/5) Our wheatens...
  9. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Our girls have officially called it quits for the winter. They are so fed up with the cold and snow, they have decided they'll just hang out in the roost or sit in the nesting boxes all day. I was hoping the nest box sitting was them getting prepped for laying eggs but they've been chilling...
  10. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Ugh, I was all for the snow going away at first, but now... This is just awful. Our 6 birds have somehow turned their entire area (a sectioned off part of the yard about 20ftx20ft) into a mud pit. At the first sight of the grass beneath the snow they were digging and pecking through...
  11. eggsbert

    Utah!

    That's because of those gorgeous egg pics you posted. You should have known better. ;]
  12. eggsbert

    Utah!

    The woes of chicken ownership. I feel your pain... There is so much I hate about our out of the box coop its not even funny. Considering the location we have to have ours in, I feel I just need to suck it up and try to build our own from scratch... But I'm not particularly handy. A...
  13. eggsbert

    Utah!

    My girl is supposed to be a purebred Wheaten Ameraucana (and she looks the part, but the egg doesn't). I got her from Desert Springs locally. Maybe her sister will lay bluer eggs. Maybe two of the Australorps were laying at one point then, but neither are doing anything now (bad birds)...
  14. eggsbert

    Utah!

    One of our Ameraucanas laid her first egg today! It's not quite as blue as I hoped (it's more a pale seafoam), but I am pleased she's laid at last! In the picture above is a large store bought brown (bottom), the Ameraucana's FIRST egg, and three eggs laid by our Australorps. Very...
  15. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Wow, those are gorgeous eggs, Grey Bird.
  16. eggsbert

    Utah!

    You're just having terrible luck. Hopefully things turn around for you as the holidays draw nearer. I would send you good luck if I had any. The woes of winter. I had hoped that ours might lay through the winter since I've read they might do that their first year, but they're stubborn and...
  17. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Sorry to hear that you're getting rid of your Icelandics, but I understand trying to increase their numbers is a big responsibility and not easily accomplished. I hope you find some buyers who are up to the challenge and have some nice space for them to roam. I've seen some pretty massive...
  18. eggsbert

    Utah!

    Those are some nice looking coops RJ. Our birds have a small coop but they don't spend hardly any time in there so I don't worry myself about it. I think our girls would love a bath house though, but we just don't have the room for it. They'll have to settle for their dirt corner (also if we put...
  19. eggsbert

    Utah!

    I feel your pain.... We got all our birds in May and now none of them are laying. Jessie used to be laying but she stopped about five or six days ago after laying every other day for about a week. She was doing so well! One nicely shelled egg every day, now nothing. I was hoping she...
  20. eggsbert

    Utah!

    I hope so. All the girls were so worried when I brought her in. They would be sad without her (I think). She's one of their top hens, along with Jessie. They're troublemakers so we named them after Team Rocket from Pokémon. EDIT: Jamie seems to be doing fine this morning. Face isn't swollen at...
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