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The Colonel is a handsome golden sex link roo. He lives in a small coop and pen with a couple other bachelor roos. It was supposed to be temporary quarters until they all went to freezer camp.... right. They've been here long enough that I've named them. Their pen is not very secure...

I had an Australorp hen, Sweetie Pie, go broody, sitting on 16 eggs. She kicked a couple out of her nest within the first 7-10 days and I tossed those. Hatch day came...and went, then on day 30 she had the first one hatch, by the end of the next day she had 5 hatched. The next morning there...

This little beauty, shown in it's former location, will be at my house next weekend. I got it from a friend of a friend that posted it on face book. It is currently on a trailer awaiting delivery by my brother. It was a bit of a challenge getting it out of this back yard. We had to pull the...

You've been there, I'm sure. I've read the stories. I went prepared. I even had a list. I only meant to get six, I repeat SIX pullets when I went to the feed store. So how is it I came home with 3 Silver laced Wynadotte, 3 Rhode Island Red, 3 Black Australorp, 3 Barred Rock AND 4 Buff...

I have three hens that successfully hatched one or two chicks each. At different times I have gone in and one or another of them was, well, humming. Each time the hen was on the nest with soon to hatch eggs or with chicks less than a week old, and they were making a sound that sounded like a...

I've had 3 of my hens go broody. The last one was sitting on one lonely little egg. I've lost track of the time that I have gone out to gather eggs and momma has been sitting on the wrong nest, and this poor little egg cold. Guess the nest with multiple freshly laid eggs looked more...

I've two black austrolorps each sitting on a half dozen eggs. I went out to gather eggs a few minutes ago and decided to check on the broodies. We have a pip and lots of healthy peeping! I tucked it back under momma and I just had to tell someone ... Day 21 is tomorrow for the first set...

We have been experiencing multiple nights of freezing fog. Now some of my flock show signs of frostbite. I have good ventilation in the coop. How do I combat high humidity in the coop when the outdoor humidity is 80-100%? I have no electricity in the coop, but could run an extension cord out...