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7 chickens and getting 4-5 eggs a day. Past 3 days not a single egg...I am not really complaining because I am swimming in eggs right now BUT is it normal for them to take a vacation??

After 4 days I had 5 eggs and enough for an omlet for me and my hubby. I can say it was the BEST omlet EVER!!! I'm so proud of my girls for giving us such a yummy breakfast!

I thought my girls would never lay...and then today I came home to a wonderful surprise! TWO brown eggs...not sure who are the layers yet. Can't wait until tomorrow!!!

I had 7 white leghorn roosters thrown in with my hens and decided to eat them when the crowing got out of hand. It's been 15 years since I've butchered anything and I can say me and my husband did a great job! I hung them upside down and slit their throats and let them bleed out. I was su...

Got my chicks June 2010..2 RIR, 2 Buff Orp, 2 jersey giants, and 1 white leghorn. I was going to start them on layer feed when they run out of chick starter in 2 weeks. Do they start acting differently? Or will I just have to keep an eye out for eggs?

I'm not sure what got into my dog(s)?! I have 2 German Shepherds that have never been aggressive towards my chickens or bothered them. Many have escaped the coop and they never harmed them or even tried! I'm so confused?! I left a few roosters out of the pen to free range and the few hours I...

We built this out of much scrap material as possible...total cost around $90. ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated! No boxes built yet..that will be coming up in the next month. Old dog house was here when we moved in. Dogs hated it. Took the side panels off and put hinges and...

Here a roo, there a roo, everywhere a roo roo!! I believe it is becoming very evident that all my peanut chicks are roo's. 6 hens and 8 roos!! Oh nos!!

I have a chick who likes to perch on my shoulder and here lately the top of my head. I thought we had a deal there would be NO POOPING in the hair. Frankie finally broke that deal and is now grounded. The nerve of it all is when he/she comes up to me and does the "let me jump on your shoulder...

almost 2 weeks old now...I have no idea what they are so help me if you can!! Buff orp?? I have 2 that look identical..dark yellow/orangish feathers. RIR??? Not sure anymore!! Jersey Giant? Australorp??? Maybe the same as above? Francine...or Frank the peanut chick Hubby with...

So what kind of chicks are the 13 extra "peanut" chickies?? They are very sweet and happy so far and we have become very attached! (hubby is working on plans for a bigger coop as we speak lol..)

I started my slow introduction of chicks to my doggies today...happy it went well! Magnum my oldest could have cared less after a few sniffs and curious looks. Melina my 1 year old was curious and not sure what to think about them....the chicks snuck through the chicken wire and were under her...

They won't sit still long enough for me to take a good picture! I was supposed to get 5 assorted brown egg layers...got 14 instead! Anyone recognize the breeds??

My baby chicks arrived and luckily at 7:00am and now I am late for work but I wanted to say that.....I ordered FIVE chicks....FIVE....and when I opened the box I counted FOURTEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!! I'm not ready for 14 chicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to go to work..will post pics as...

I found a feed store closer to my house and decided to go pick up some chick feed and bedding since my chickies will be arriving on Wednesday (WOOHOO!!)...and they had 3 huge cages full of chicks!!! The last 3 feed stores I went to were out of chicks for the season so I ordered them online..and...

I just ordered 5 baby chicks..should be here around the 14th! I'm very excited and worried at the same time....like what if I am a bad chick mommy or what if the dogs eat them?? Oh so many worries!!

I'm looking to start up a little Urban farming...I was raised on a farm and being in the city is killing me! I've been reading about this with chickens and even goats for a while now and since we live on the outskirts of town I was thinking that I could totally raise a few chickens! Since I...