I am sorry to have to let you all down. I have come into some crazy problems at my house with my family. I know that none of this is an excuse, but I am unable to finish the blocks I promised to make. Any other time would have been great, but my mother was injured at work and has not been...
my rocks are about 23 weeks old now. This is my first time ever owning chickens and am trying to be patient waiting for the eggs...could anyone give me an idea of when they may start, like some signs that it's getting close or something like that. It has been really cold here and I am thinking...
thank you for the replies. they have helped ease my mind about her a little. She is super sweet and seems healthy other than the blindness thing. We'll just keep an extra eye on her when she is let out to free range, Im worried a predator could sneak up on her. But I guess that is also part...
I have a sweet barred plymoth rock that seems to be blind in both eyes. My question is...will she be ok, she isn't quite old enough to lay yet, expecting that in mid feb to early march. she seems to be healthy otherwise so i havent worried much.
New to this chicken owning stuff and don't...
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Thank you for your reply. I have been trying to find out the answers to my questions and I am a new user of this website, so I thought I would try it.
I find the website kinda hard to get around and find what I want. Do you?
it does seem hard at first, like information overload or...
Mrs.Puff :
They molt precisely when the weather turns cold. Are there feathers all over the run?
That is absolutely not true about owls. I am a former Dept. of Natural Resources employee, and I can guarantee that is ridiculous. The only reason an owl might "pluck" feathers is because it...
In our area owls do that to chickens. An old farmer told me that they will pluck it one night and come back the next night to kill and eat it. This is the reason when we made our run we covered it. to keep un-wanted critters out. Im sorry your poor chicken has been plucked. Hope you...
i think that my chickens are a little more work that our other pets (2 dogs and 1 cat) But in the end they are giving eggs and all so we should have to work at it a little more right.
I am so glad I found this post. I was sure I was losing my mind. I moved my chairs from the deck out to the coop(well just outside the coop) So I could sit there and watch them all evening while they scratch and peck around the yard before going to bed at night. It really is so calming...
my DH says tie it up and use it for coyote bait. kinda helps 2 ways, get rid of the mean roo and lure the coyote to be offed.
he can be mean when the chickens are being bothered...
u will find so much info here, and will become addicted to the site. im here reading every day. there is so much to learn here.
Great to have you join.
they did start piping on day 20 and the last one hatched on day 21(late evening) from about 2pm on day 20 til late evening on day 21 the hatching seemed to fly by.
I hope your hatch goes well.
I am addicted, but not sure i have room for more hatching. we'll see how things go in the next...
Sorry it took so long to get photos up, i am having a hard time figuring it all out.
First 2 to hatch...so cool, i have never seen this happen in real life before.
Final count 16 chicks out of 24 eggs. Not too bad for a beginner.
Thanks for all your help when I needed it. Keep an eye out...