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Thanks, MotherJean! Looks like I probably don't have to worry about my other hens. That should put my daughters' minds at ease. They've been worried that it could happen to the other hens.

LRG, That looks great,but one question.....where is your coop page for that wonderful tractor? Good question! Built by two engineers, you'd have thought one of them would have written something down! But, no... Maybe I'll make a page just showing what it is like. The feeder page was easy...

The underdeveloped muscles make sense. As I said, I have no idea where she came from. Neighbor wondered if she didn't escape from one of the local commercial brown egg operations -- figured they wouldn't bother looking for just one bird. She wasn't fully mature when we found her -- wattle and...

About 10 minutes before we were ready to leave for Memorial Day weekend, I asked for someone to check to make sure the chickens had full waterers. Two minutes later my 10-yr-old daughter comes flying into the house screaming that something killed Miracle. (Miracle was a neighborhood stray...

Here's the feeder I made to fit in our small coop. Was in such a hurry when building it last fall that I forgot to take pictures. Had to wait all week for the chickens to nearly empty the feeder so I could take pix. Cost me less than $10, but I had a lot of the materials leftover from other...

Quote: Ahhh. Temperature is all relative now isn't it? Night is slightly cold in Salem, India at 27 C (that's 80 F for those of us in the states). I thought it was pretty warm here yesterday when it reached 45 F (that's 7 C ) and I didn't need a hat and gloves! What kind of chickens do you...

Been caching since 2002! However, it isn't our life so we're behind you in finds. In fact, just about everyone we've introduced to the sport has passed us in finds! We don't do a lot of micros. The majority of our finds are regular size ammo cans hidden in the woods at the end of a half mile...

So I'm going to guess that you aren't married and your sister is marrying first? If you don't have the type of relationship where you can tell her you don't care for the dress, then just suck it up. Learn from this, remember, and be nice to your bridesmaids! Personally, I don't think that...

Yep, those are my two speckled sussex. Now for my update on my adventures this morning with this stray... So I go out as usual this frosty 20 degree morning with fresh water and a handful of treats (stale crackers and some apple cores). I open the pop door and open the run door to throw in...

That's the problem. I don't really have anywhere to put her. Right now she is completely free-range and appears to be nesting down under the pine trees for the night. Since I don't know where she came from I have no idea what diseases she might have or have been exposed to. Or, for that...

Several questions on this. Background: a week 1/2 ago a stray from somewhere began appearing in our yard. My hens have been mostly cooped during the snow, which has now melted. Stray hen (named Miracle by my daughters) seems to be missing her flock since she hangs out right outside our...

What could be better on a cold winter day than a bowl of borscht?! Ukrainian Borscht 8 servings 1½ hours 20 min prep 1 link sausage, diced 1 onion, chopped 1 cup peas 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped 3 1/2 tablespoons butter (for sauteing) 1 1/2 celery ribs...

Thanks for the help everyone. Seems like barred rock (or barred rock crossbreed?) is most likely. Dominique or marans would be highly unusual around here as most chickens are classed as either "production" or "layer". We would have liked to have gotten our chicks locally last year, but the...

I was leaning toward barred rock, too, but that would be an unusual breed for a commercial farm I thought. Doesn't respond like a yard raised bird. She completely ignores me when I throw scratch, unlike my hens who are constantly underfoot if they think there is any chance of a treat. Of...

So one very windy day last week my neighbor behind my house calls and says she thinks one of my chickens is down in her yard. I go down and look at my coop and all 4 of my hens are in their run. I head down to the neighbor's yard and see the chicken she is talking about. Not mine, but...

Try here for heirloom seeds that will do well in Pennsylvania: http://www.landisvalleymuseum.org/seeds.php You can buy plants at the museum's spring plant sale.

Wohoo!!!!!!! Finally, my "slow" Speckled Sussex laid her first egg. Seems Sweetheart must have had an Epiphany about freezer camp! She is a spinsterly 36 1/2 weeks old and my other SS started laying 3 months ago! Now I'm just waiting for my 4 egg day (%100)! Maybe tomorrow! New egg is...

Quote: I reported my other hens when they started to lay and, finally, have the last one to report. She laid her first today. Must have had an Ephiphany about freezer camp! Pertinent info: Speckled Sussex 36 1/2 weeks My other SS started laying about 12 weeks ago. Egg color is light brown...

Have the same problem, but only with the one that hasn't started to lay yet. My layers all roost on the bar. I've tried putting up curtains, but she pulls them down. We put her back on the roost every night, but she invariably ends up back in the nest box. She always picks the same nest box...