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Quote: Depending on where you live I do not know that I would leave the coop door open at night. We have dogs and cats that run the neighbourhood here and I have images of getting up in the morning to an unpleasant sight because I left the door open and some cat decided to go to KFC in my...

OH! P.S. Eglyntine I'm glad you're on the mend!

Quote: Sounds like "cooped up" syndrome. They need something to do and since they have nothing to do they are picking (literally) at each other. For now if it is just feather picking you are ok temporarily. I would do like Carol mentioned and let them out if you can. Even if it is only for an...

Hello all! I need some help with my gals. I believe it's my barred rocks doing this, but they are pecking the feathers above the tail on the other hens. The two barred rocks seem to be the only ones not getting pecked so I'm assuming it's them doing it. It seemed to start happening when it...

I made scrambled eggs exclusively from all my own eggs for the first time this morning and they were a beautiful dark yellow! And in the process, I had two brown eggs with double yolks. Pretty cool considering I only had 4 brown eggs so far. Is this common? One of my cuckoo marans was in the...

Quote: Awesome! I will keep my eyes open. Thanks!

Quote: Thanks Saym! We have an IFA store at the other end of town, but I've just been too lazy to make it there. I really need to check it out.

Quote: But would the garlic give your eggs a funny taste? Where did you get the black sunflower seeds? Obviously I'm too far way for where you get them, but it will give me ideas of where to look. Thanks for the info!

Quote: It's so exciting, when you're first start laying! It seems like we've been waiting forever! I'm thinking my Silver Laced Wyandottes will probably be similar as the barred rocks. I also have Welsummers which I believe will be darker and then the marans. Are your's laying pretty...

Thanks Eglantyne! I will get some for them. It just started getting real cold here in the evenings and I have noticed they are eating like crazy!

Quote: yay! my br just started laying, too. her few few eggs were kind of pinkish as well, but changed into a light brown so far all of my layers are the exact same. the delaware, rhode island red, and the barred rock all lay light brown eggs, i cant tell them apart! It's so exciting, when...

I'm so excited, one of my Barred Rocks laid their first egg today! It's so light brown, it's almost pink. My son said one of the Cuckoo Marans started squatting so I'm thinking in a week or two I should get some chocolate eggs! I have a question now that it's getting cold, especially in the...

SunnyDawn, I think you're right. I will keep checking on her. I've added crushed egg shells to their food and just put a small feeder in there with the oyster shells. Hopefully that will help with the shells. Ginger was in her nest this morning, but I had to leave for my son's field trip...

I was just checking on my girls in the coop and they were all cozy on their new roosts. I noticed on the wall a stream of yellow (I know, the hubby needs to move the roosts more away from the wall). I looked at the ground and it looked like my second EE, Nan, layed her first egg from the top...

Good job Sassy!

I got my second egg today! Same coloring as the first so I'm thinking it's from the same hen. We put a golf ball in one of the nests so she would know to lay there (she layed the first on the ground in the run), and it must have hit the golf ball and cracked a little bit. I opened it up and...

Hi everyone! I haven't been on in ages and I have a lot of catching up to do. I am so excited! We got our first ever egg today! I believe it's from Ginger, a EE and she's only 4 months old. I've been bugging my hubbie to put the nests in the coop (and roosts!) so they can get use to them...

Quote: No, I got the EE's from My Pet Chicken. I got my Silver Laced Polish (might be bearded) and the Sultan from Jones Feed. I had someone call to see him last night and never showed up. I can understand if you can't make it, but at least call so I'm not just sitting there waiting...

Hello everyone. It's been so crazy here, I haven't had a chance to see what's going on with everyone! Turns out one of my Easter Eggers is a rooster. Is anyone in the Las Vegas area interested in a free rooster? He's not aggressive to me or my kids, is actually kind of shy. He's about 3...

Sunny those eggs are beautiful. I so can't wait till my babies start laying their own. Only 3-4 months to go!