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Check out the eggs I got today. the 2 light colored are silkies and the 3 on the right are easter eggers....all from cackle hatchery. I have been so happy with these hatchery birds. The silkies are gorgeous, the EE are all laying blue/green eggs and they are great egg layers.

So i had 2 broody EE and I broke them. They are no longer hanging out in the nest boxes and today they even went to the roost at night (last week they have been trying to sleep in nest boxes). How long does it take for them to start laying again? I tried to search but couldn't find anything.

...and one has only been laying for 1.5 months...the other for only 3 weeks. is it possible for them to be broody so quickly? They are EEs and about 5.5 months old. They are both puffed out like balls and want to hang in the nest box all day. even though there is an open box they have made...

so we are getting about 2 eggs a day with a a bunch more pullets about to start laying so we now have a bowlful of eggs in the fridge. time to give them away. I bought some of the hexagon plastic cartons that hold 6 eggs from eggcartons.com. They have a sale where you can buy 200 for $27...

hey gang, This weekend I made some burrata chees and put together a pictorial.. For more pictures, click the link. Burrata Cheese Recipe Ingredients: 1 gallon whole milk (I use Straus Family Creamy) 1/2 ts calcium chloride (omit is using raw milk) 2 ts citric acid dissolved in 1/2 cup...

I got my first 2 eggs, one on sunday and one yesterday. I have not yet checked to see if I got another one today. It was from Trixie, my 18.5 week old easter egger. They were both perfect AND she laid both of them in the nest box like a good girl! The 2nd egg was bigger. I am soooo...

hey all, one of my ee's who is 18 weeks old has been squatting for almost a week now. It has been a little surprising because she is not as red as the other 2 ee's. she is also the bossy and loudest chicken i have....so when she was squatting, I scratched her back and she showed me her...

hey everyone, i just wanted to post pics of my silkies that I got from Cackle. They actually turned out better than I thought they would. I wish I had taken pictures of the roo that I had but gave him away for i could do so. He was a really handsome guy. i know they are not show quality but...

Does anyone know the average size if different bantam breeds? We love the bantams because they are more manageable size wise for our kids but would like to avoid bantams with really small eggs. From the pics that I have seen: ee, Bo, silkies seem to have decent egg size for bantams. Any other...

Hello BYC, we have been studying the forum for months now and took all the great suggestions and built our own coop. It took alot longer than expected for my husband as he did all the work himself in small intervals while he was off work, etc. We were able to use re-claimed wood from a fence...

I have a bunch of free bantam cockerels to good homes. Local Pick Up ONLY! I am in Marin County/ Northern CA / Bay Area They are very sweet and good looking chicks so they would make great pets, but if you want to process, please do it quick and humanely. NOT for fighting purposes. I have 2...

I have some 6 week bantam easter eggers and trying to sex them so I am calling all easter egger experts out there to chime in here are the obvious roos. their combs are bigger and red and the beige one crowed. We have suspected these 2 were roos from week 2 because they are always...

He is a beautiful easter egger and we have suspected he was a roo since he was 2 weeks old. He has always been a little more "active" than the others and is always play fighting with the other suspected roo. Then his comb started getting wider and turned red....he crowed just now at 5.5 weeks...

Hey All, Thought I would share some pics of my Easter Eggers that I got from Cackle Hatchery. I would love what your thoughts are because I can only keep 2 hens. If you see any obvious roos, please let me know. Also, what color are they? I don't know chicken coloring well enough to say what...

So i did a forum search and also a google search but the information is all over the place. Most people recommend a 12 x 12 x 12 nesting box for standard chickens. If you have bigger chickens I read 16 x 16 x 12 is good. I also read that it is better not too have nesting boxes too large...

I called the post office this morning and the chicks were not in. They were shipped from Cackle yesterday and I was told they would be here tomorrow...well at 2pm got a call from the post office and the chicks JUST GOT IN! and the PO was nice enough to make a special delivery. So they are...

hey all, just a quick hello. Rob introduced me to this site a few months back and I am new to chickens! we are getting out chicks in about 2 weeks and very excited. I have been lurking on the site for quite some time now. can't wait to connect with other chicken people! here are the answers...