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Hello all :frow It’s been awhile since I was on BYC... I have already spent so much time this morning on here looking in at what everyone is up to!:jumpy I am going to be building a small temporary coop for my Juveniles. (I have had chickens for 2 years, this will be temp housing in a run...

Hello, glad you joined us! :welcome

Agreed, they are Easter Eggers.

We used a 10'x10' chain link dog kennel for a brooder in our garage. I just used a thick layer of bedding directly on the concrete floor. I removed soiled bedding and replaced as needed. Afterwards just mopped the concrete floor with some bleach water. The floor was no worse for the wear, and...

Super adorable babies you've got there! :love Congrats!

Yes, please edit the title. Something indicating you have a sick chicken and need help. More details are needed about health of the chicken. What else is going on? Age and breed would be helpful. What have you been feeding him, does he also get regular chicken feed? How about a few full body...

Thanks for your input, I appreciate it!

This is my first winter with chickens. It's getting colder and colder, and during the work week the eggs are sitting in the nest boxes until about 4pm. They are sooo cold when we pull then out! Current temp is 25 degrees with a windchill of 16 degrees. My question is, how do you know if an egg...

My thoughts on the issue were mentioned above. I'm from the midwest, and what I notice here is the disappearance of the fence rows or wind breaks in the fields. I feel like those areas are/were the ideal habitats for small rodents, quail, pheasants, etc. If those small prey animals are no...

Whoop whoop! :ya Congrats! Those first eggs are so exciting! :wee

I only noticed that they had been in the nest boxes maybe a week prior to getting my eggs. All the sudden the nests had been "arranged" to look like an actual birds nest. You may have already answered this, but, do your birds free range at all? Is it possible they are laying somewhere else of...

Any day now! I have a mixed flock, and some of the same breeds (Buff Orpington and wyandottes). I also have Easter Eggers, Sapphire Gems, and Silkies. My gems were the first to lay but everyone else soon followed. My first egg was followed by 2 eggs on the second day, and by the end of the...

In my limited experience one pullet can start laying weeks apart from another, even when they are then same species and same age. I have 2 EE's, and they are about 26 weeks of age. One has been laying a light olive green egg for about 4 weeks. The other just laid her first egg this week, and it...

Very nice! I love that bright blue!

I'm new to chickens with my first flock. We ended up having 3 cockerels and 13 pullets. As the boys were becoming sexually mature, there were a lot of unpleasant happenings with the girls. The cockerels were most often just grabbing them by the neck feathers and pulling them around the run, not...

Congrats, it's beautiful!

Agree with above, you have 3 cockerels. I have 2 five month old pullets, and they don't have any visible comb as of yet. I'd get rid of 2 of the 3, replace with a few females, and increase space for the birds!

I would honestly look into upgrading the coop & adding a decent sized run. We are talking about 4 chickens? A coop should be 4x4 (4 square feet per bird), especially if the birds are having space issues already. It does not have to be pre-fabricated or fancy. A run should give each bird 10...

She's just getting closer to POL!