Hey everyone! Thanks for the page visit! I am a new chicken owner! Yay! I am very excited and happy with my new found hobby! Chickens!!
I am learning alot and love BYC! Scanning the forums for expert opinions and newbie issues we all seem to have! Thanks so much for all of the input and...
Here's our coop progress! DH is an awesome builder of great things! So of course, our chickens will have a palace
We scoured the fabulous BYC coop pages & the internet...DH bought the Chicken Coops for Dummies book & we came up with the basic design and adding alot of making up as we go...
I found my very first & favorite hen dead this morning. She just started laying eggs on Wednesday. I don't know what happened. She was fine last night. She's been healthy. Is it possible she fell of the perch and broke her neck? I couldn't really tell by looking at her. No blood or...
Good point Beekissed! I find that I am going through a great learning curve with this new having chickens thing. I guess as some point, I'll figure it out and determine what I will tolerate or not
I won my battle this morning, so we will see how it goes!
I'm new to chickens so everyday is a new experience! I have a 4 month old buff orp that started hating me about a month ago. I have done nothing I say to instigate this madness! I hatched the evil one! I've tried talking nice to him, bringing treats, squirting with the water hose, throwing...
Hey everyone! I am in Tomball/Magnolia area just north of Houston... I have a couple of cockerels that I want to part with, but I just can't seem to kill/eat them! So, free to good home if anyone is interested. Please pm me. Local only because I don't want to ship them in the 107 degree...
Hey everyone! How's things in all your chicken worlds? Babies getting big, big, big! I have officially retired the LG! My last batch resulted in 0 hatch. So that is it for me! But, the good news is...... I have 15 day old chicks on the way! Rhode Island Reds, White Plymouth Rocks...
Congratulations! I take the chicks out when they are completely dry - or wreaking havoc in the 'bator...whichever comes first usually after about 12 hours or so
Following all the coop posts has been awesome! It's been really cool to see all of the different designs, materials & creativity! Now I want to build another one! <------ that's DH and that's DH ----->
Got 1 to hatch Here's my new EE (6 days) with little Serama (2 weeks)
Won't be buying Gabbard or Ebay again. I still have 12 LOs in the bator, started with 24...10 had blood rings & 2 were clear So far, 6 look pretty good, not sure about 6..so we'll see! Hatching 8/5 or 6
But I DO want...
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Hi Gayle!
I started taking my little ones out for 3 - 4 hours in the morning in an enclosed run, then bring them back in before noon. They pant a little, but they have good shade & lots of water. They do fine. My older 'babies' are a little over 2 months and went into the coop first...