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This lovely fellow is Repete and free! (Pete has already found a home) He is quite young, I can't say how young 'cause I don't keep track of things. We have a rooster and have found that more than one in our small flock is one too many. Message me if you are interested. Thanks, Caroline

We drove by there on Sunday - it was a packed house! You may want to PM the regulars. I don't know anyone well enough to ask. It had been sparse in months before April, 2013, though.

This is not Michigan, but it's not Florida either. We usually move straight from winter into summer. It's behaving like hurricane season with rain for the past four days and a chill in the air. My chicks are wearing water wings in the swamp. Good story, MrsChickendad; are we sure Barbara is...

So, Barbara, what's your next move? It's cold here in Florida - we keep the big light on in the coop with our wimpy chickens. One wrongly directed stinkeye would wipe out our entire flock! I'm gonna go find my jammies with the footsies and read some more. oxoxo

"wing-dragging and twirling" - I love to see my boys do their dance for the girls (who don't really appreciate the effort that takes). Love your stories, dear MrsChickendad. Glad all are better. It will be a beautiful wedding!

Love the pics! Wonderful to see that Wendy is still with us. I've lost my two silver laced Wyandottes to internal laying. Yesterday, the resident eagle had a too-large-to-carry bird and DH told me it wasn't a chicken, but I hurried down to the chicken yard to count. Yep, all accounted for...

Yes, ki4got, I am referring to the golden laced and silver laced Wyandottes. These four were a gift, so I don't know where they started out. I only know of the tendency to be internal layers and the particulars by searching the internet. My first girl died after about 6 months of waddling...

I am an amateur chicken lover - I had four Wyandottes; two golden hens and two silver hens. The silver hens recently died of internal laying. I read that they are bred to be broilers and don't usually live long enough for the defective gene to appear. Were mine the exception to this fine...

We've not seen rats in a while; haven't seen snakes lately; getting one or none eggs daily from a group of 9 prime age girls. So, I've "seeded" the nests with fake eggs and, now that it is cooler, will keep the light on through the night. Perhaps the slackers will get back on the wagon and...

Darling Imp, the world is shrinking by the minute! And I, for one, am glad. We used to be small towns where neighbors helped one another. I'd like to think that, in this world, we could all help one another in some way, large or small. Good to hear from you again - Merry Christmas!

Andrew, , so good to hear from you! I will send e-mail you this morning and include BYC in the subject line. Caroline

Great article and comments. I felt we had an egg eater so I confined the most likely suspect for a few days. The egg production was still down and then I spotted rats in the coop. My question is - when there are no eggs or evidence of eggs (shell), is it egg eating or no laying going on? The...

Oh, PrairieChickens, we've had black snakes - they eat our eggs! Good thought, though, perhaps since I inadvertantly cleared the rats out, the local snakes will have a feast in the nearby brush. By the way, it was my DH that first saw the "mice". This evening, he saw another "mouse" in the...

Prairie Chicken, what's your remedy? I am not adverse to anything short of eating them!

Here's an update - it's not mice, but RATS! I moved a panel (out there to keep chickens off the top of the next boxes) and 5 RATS went running! I screamed and flew out of the coop! That was this morning, so they are raiding the nest boxes for eggs during the day. After my heart re-started, I...

My brother has a pail (like a 5 gallon bucket of paint) half filled with water and straw. The straw is to camouflage the water. The mouse strolls into it and then can't get out. I searched "mice" on this website and found something similar. It's the same pail, but with a wire stretched...

We spotted mice in the coop! It's not one of the girls getting the eggs, it's varmints! Now, we've got to figure a way to curtail their activity. My brother has said something about a stick and water in a deep pail. I said, have at it! He will be handling this tomorrow. I'm glad it's not...

There are nesting boxes in the coop. One of our girls often drops her egg wherever! Today is the first day I've found more than shell. In Florida, it is warm and light longer than up north. I've had the girls for a few years so I know their routine. This is puzzling. Thanks for your...

We may have an egg eater in our bunch. We have 2 mature roosters, 12 hens and 1 undermined, Soledad. We have been gathering 1 or 2 eggs a day lately. A couple of times, I've found bits of shell in the coop. Several of the girls are molting. Is this the reason? If someone is eating the...

Oh, my! Those two sound like boys I know! No wonder you can tell who is who is your chicken yard, MrsChickendad, they have distinguishing marks (from a dysfunctional childhood). Love the latest! oxoxo Caroline