I am new also, have 5 almost one year old hens! So I guess they are really still pullets....anyway they are the best!! I have 2 Easter Eggers one lays a pale blue egg and the other a pale green egg, a Black Australorp,she lays a large pale rosy tan egg, a Rhode Island Red that lays a medium size...
Just read about the seminar and swap in Benton today...will try to come. Would love to talk "Chicken" and see other people who love their pets as much as I do.
Hey.... Fellow Arkansas People!!!! WELCOME!!!! This is a great site and VERY addictive!!! I live in Little Rock, where are u? This is my first year with chickens and they have been soooo much fun!!! I have 5- Black Australorp, RIR, Barred Rock and 2 Easter Eggers. I got mine around Easter 2011...
Wow!!! what an amazing coop and a HUGE run!!! My chickens would think they had died and gone to chicken Heaven with all that room!!! LOVE all the chickens...they look very happy!!! I am in Central Arkansas...watch out the COLD is coming your way!!!
I had my 1st 5 EGG day!!!!! They have been laying for about 3 weeks, but one of my EE laid one egg and then stopped laying for 13 days. They are all laying well now and finally all laid on the same day!!! 5 hens......5 eggs!!!!! Wooooooo Hooooooo!!!!
ZERO.....5 PULLETS......Still waiting for my first egg ever!!!!! I have a BA & RIR that are 20.5 wks and a BR and 2 EE that are 19 wks. I check every day...nothing yet!!!
Love to hear all the great names!! I am new to the chicken world, I have 5 backyard chicks. They are all between 12 - 14 weeks. I have a theme with my names also...flowers. Rosy - BA, Marigold - RIR, Buttercup - EE, Petunia - EE, Poppy(seed) - BR. They don't have a clue that they have names...
I am new at this and do not have my first egg yet...but, i have been told between 5 - 6 months. My chicks were hatched at the end of April and 1st of May, so I have a little time to wait still. I have a RIR, 2-EE'S, BA & BR. Hope this helps.
Hey Arkansas Folks!!!! I live in little Rock. I got my first chickens this May, so I am sooooo new to this!! Having so much fun with them. I have 5...RIR, 2 EE's, BA and BR. I built a Catawba Ark (my first time to build anything!!) and move it all over my backyard. The chicks hang out in the...
This was a great question! I am new to the chicken thing too. I built a chicken ark (the Catabaw Coop), so there is really no room up in the roost area for food and water. Mine only have acces to food and water during the day. Has worked well so far, I have 5 7-9 wk olds. They do head straight...
This is my 1st time to have chickens, so I am just learning all the "treats" they love!! I have 5 7-9 wk olds. They love yogurt, raisens, dried meal worms and most of all raw corn on the cob!!! They just go crazy for the corn!!!
I know how excited you must be!!! I am brand new to chicks too! I only have 5. You really started off with a bang!!!!HA! Mine are 4 1/2 and 6 weeks, and put themselves to roast last night for the first time!!! I was soooooo proud!!! I hope you are having as much fun with your chicks as I am...
I am also soooo new to having chickens and construction. I just finished building the Catawba Coop! First time to ever use a miter saw! It took me about a month to build, working on it here and there, after work and on weekends. I LOVE IT!!! It is very sturdy and really looks good!!! I was...
I am also brand new to chickens, so i really can't give advice from experience. I can tell you that I have been thinking about someday having chickens and fresh eggs, finally i just did it!!! I have gottten so much knowledge and confidence from reading all the Q & A's hear at BYC. I am now the...
First post!!! I am brand new to all that is "CHICKEN"!!! I have 5 chicks and they are all named. The first 2 were my grandkids Easter chicks, so they were named by my granddaughter. Rosey, the Australorp and Marigold, the RIR. Then I got 3 more...staying with the flower theme, Buttercup and...