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  1. Finally chickens!

    Univited turkey

    I foolishly relied on WDFW for information. 😊 Since then I've had a few folks tell me they have seen turkeys in my area. She still lives here and we're all quite happy about it.
  2. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    FYI .... my eggs are still very small with an occasional regular sized one. I've reconciled myself to getting small eggs. 😊
  3. Finally chickens!

    Chick name ideas!

    My rooster is Lucy (some say short for Lucifer but actually a RIR who was misidentified as a chick). I have an Australorp and a BCM that I can tell apart .... Sophia and Lorretta ..... four white Leghorn that I creatively call "The Leghorns" and three Barred Rocks that are all called "Chubby". 😊
  4. Finally chickens!

    How do I get ready for 18 weeks girls ready to lay eggs?

    I wouldn't stress out about getting straw. It gets wet and nasty. I have always just used wood chips.
  5. Finally chickens!

    How to keep flies away from run

    I also use fly traps .... the stinky bag type. I could tell the difference one hour after I hung one up. Honestly! I have filled six this summer. They aren't too stinky if they aren't disturbed, reasonably priced and really work. I put FSL and Sevin in the house but for smell and mite...
  6. Finally chickens!

    Your favorite tool you got cheap.?

    I saved a long, thin piece of plywood to use as an extra llloonnggg arm to hard and encourage new, reluctant pullets back into the coop. I also use the ubiquitous ice scraper and a stable fork. When I clean out all the chips, I use a snow shovel as a "dust pan" .... not cheap but indispensable...
  7. Finally chickens!

    Univited turkey

    There really isn't any turkeys or turkey hunting around here. I am in very coastal Washington state. Where she came from is a great mystery to me. She was never afraid of us. I didn't feed her anything for a long time and she still stuck around. Shes free to leave anytime. You're making...
  8. Finally chickens!

    Univited turkey

    Why? I don't want to starve her out. I'm not penning her at all. People feed wild birds all the time.
  9. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    Oh, I'm keeping them I like them a lot. They've been laying these small eggs for about three months now ... with an occasional regular one. It's just new to me.
  10. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    Yes, it is .... probably no yolk. I'm still getting very small eggs. I've about given up. I just don't get it. :-(
  11. Finally chickens!

    Is my coop all wrong?!

    Don't feel bad! I think that's a very nice starter hen house. In addition to a diverter or closure on that long vent directly in line with the roosts, I would turn the roosts to the flat side. I wouldn't do any roof or wall cutting. Nothing major. I would add smaller fencing right over the...
  12. Finally chickens!

    Univited turkey

    Thank you!
  13. Finally chickens!

    Univited turkey

    A couple of months ago, when we got back from vacation, we found a female turkey hanging out with our chickens. I've been assured by a turkey hunter that she is a wild turkey. She's dark brown with gorgeous, iridescent feathers. No one around here has turkeys and there aren't supposed to be...
  14. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    I don't think it's a comparison issue. The eggs rattle around in an egg carton. :-) No, I think they all started around 4-5 months. My other hens are four Leghorns and one Marans. They, of course, lay the occasional fairy egg but they never laid consistently small eggs. Same feed always...
  15. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    I don't find my Barred Rocks to be any less "friendly" than my Leghorns, Marans or Australorp. My RIR rooster is, oddly, my nicest chicken. I've had about 2 dozen of these tiny eggs so far. (They make cute deviled eggs.) I just don't understand why they are staying small? The chickens are...
  16. Finally chickens!

    She got him at our local pound so no clue

    She got him at our local pound so no clue
  17. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    They have been laying for about a month and all four (3 Barred Rocks, 1 Australorp) are laying tiny eggs. I don't think I've ever had a chicken do this? They get Purina Layena, free choice oyster and grit and free range 2-3 hours a day.
  18. Finally chickens!

    Isnt he!?! It's my grand-cat. He weighs over 30 pounds.

    Isnt he!?! It's my grand-cat. He weighs over 30 pounds.
  19. Finally chickens!

    Why are my eggs so small?

    Why are my five month old Barred Rocks continually laying small ... 2 inch .... eggs? They are good eggs, yolk and all, but they have been laying them for almost a month now. All three of them lay tiny eggs almost every day.
  20. Finally chickens!

    Chickens sleeping in run

    Why would they go in? It's exactly the same as the run. Maybe close off a few walls so they feel more secure?
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