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I believe there are rock quarries that may be fairly close they sometimes have a coarse sand from the crushings. Not the fines as that is almost dust with very small pebbles. Martin Marietta & Vulcan Materials are 2 of the Biggie's. There are some sand pits in central NC. Check the yellow pages...

My Orpingtons stayed in the coop & squawked loudly until we came out & removed the snow from their ramp and put down some hay & straw for them to walk on so they could get to their favorite roosting spot

Oh great , my girls love those kind snacks as well. 1 of my girls went broody & scared me cause she was so lethargic & growled at me. I kept moving her out side & even put her in an isolation cage but she went back to being broody. Winter came on and she is back to normal. She is the only 1 of...

Say we have 4 buff Orpingtons that hatched mid March 2020. They started laying the first week of august not all at first but eventually all started laying. We were getting 7 eggs every 2 days. Since winter set in we always get 1 egg. If we have some sunny days we will get 3 eggs for that day we...

I joined awhile back but am not tech savvy just now able to get this going. Had the girls only days old back in March. My second group of hens to raise. These are so very different than the other 3 breeds of hens I had awhile back. Those had been victims of predators. Doing things differently...

Hi we have 4 buff Orpingtons very similar to yours. Supposedly the same age. They were only days old when we got em. We are at 16 weeks now. 1 was always bigger a 2nd finally equaled the others size. Their combs started much sooner than the other 2 smaller ones. No crowing yet but lots of...