I have had my small flock here in Abilene for just short of one year. I did my research before I built the brooder, bought my chicks, etc., etc., and swear I saw a city ordinance on the city's web site saying no roosters. Okay. No problem.
Well, a couple days ago there was an article in the...
Of my six BRs I have one that will sit on all the eggs she can get everyday. Interestingly the other five BRs, plus my three reds don't sit on the eggs at all. I just shoo her away and collect them! She doesn't mind a bit.
However, I suppose if I let her "brood" on them more than a day or...
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That's how mine started out -- a brooder in the garage for the convenience of the chicks, and me -- and as I've tried to get everything together for the outside coop things keep getting in the way. Here it is November, and I'm still not done with the coop. Lot's of motivation, but not...
When I first discovered one of my runts getting pecked on I went down to the feed store to find an ointment. I don't recall the price or even the name of the stuff they showed me, but suffice it to say it was INSANE! Even the salesman told me it may or may not work. Almost out of desperation...
I'm sort of embarrassed to say I've had mine in the garage for some time. Of course they are in my oversized "brooder" which has helped tremendously, but due to, uh, let's just say circumstances that's the way it is. Yes, I have a coop in progress outside in the backyard. In fact a long-time...
I just got back home from a visit to my folks, and brought them some of my egg bounty. One morning Dad made breakfast with some of the eggs, and I saw him put the shells in a bag he has off to the side of his sink. "Huh?", I thought!
Anyway, later I asked my mom what the egg shells were for...
Thank you everybody.
You know, she was a pretty good egg layer too. The only white eggs I got were from her, although not everyday. Usually she layed every other day, but they all were large. That surprised me considering how tiny she was, but this is my first experience raising chickens...
Honestly, it depends on when I go to TSC, and what they have in stock. Sometimes they are out of Purina, and sometimes they are out of Dumor. The price difference is as you wrote, and I can live with that. The past two trips to my local TSC I got the Dumor, but I've probably got just as many...
Well, like the subject line says, it was tough, but probably for the best.
My last Leghorn -- the "runt" of the flock -- has been picked on since they were all juveniles. I don't know how many times I've had to segregate her after they tore up her comb, or her rear end.
Today was the worse...
How about when they check out their egg immediately after they lay it?
I was changing the water the other day, and saw one of my ladies just laying in her nest, but really didn't pay much attention. A minute or two later she stood up, and I just happened to catch her with her head under there...
My six BRs, and two Buffs have been laying for a month. The six Reds have been laying for about two weeks, and my one Leghorn has been laying for just under a week. In all this time I have had two - just two! - eggs come out of the nests that were cracked when I found them. Only one was what...
Well, I haven't installed this yet, but here's the design I painted for the roof on the external nesting boxes. You could get as creative as you want for something like this. My daughter has sketched out several designs for the sides. We (meaning her really!) just haven't decided which one to...
Group photo. The big deal is the white egg in this carton. That is the FIRST egg from my only White Leghorn. All my other ladies lay brown eggs. I had a 10-egg day today, but this is obviously the big news. She's approximately 21 1/2 weeks old. That's just as old as my Barred Rocks that...
10/15. First 10-egg day. First egg from my only White Leghorn! A WHITE egg after getting all these brown ones!
Edit: Not that I prefer one color over the other, it's just nice to know she's laying now! Very happy for the little girl!