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I have a young Olive Egger roo that has abnormally long legs. He's already inches taller than my full grown FBCM roo. Lately he has been having trouble walking. Most of the time he just trips over his own legs when hurrying, but occasionally seems unable to walk much. I'm thinking that probably...

i had been getting anywhere from 15 to 19 eggs a day. This last week it's been more like 9ish eggs a day. I think this crazy azz weather we've been having has confused them. We've had no winter to speak of. We went from temps in the 70's believe it or not, to temps in 40's daytime and 20's at...

Henrietta had been bare backed for a bit. Don't know if it's a molt, or Mylo gettin jiggy wid it. But, anyway, got a hen saddle from luvmychix. Here is Henry sportin her new threads!! before: After: Today: She's a cranky old hen, in fact she's the one I got in the spring that I had named...

Spending the evening with the chickens while they pasture range on a cool, misty, fall day. Mac.............. shaking a tailfeather.......... And then Taco Soup and cornbread for supper, some back to back to back "Big Bang Theory" on Tv with the DH. Topped off with a nice long hot soak in...

One of the GC's got run out of the nest she was in. She then homesteaded in a nest with one of the Tetra's. She was standing there doing the egg squat, so I thought, what the heck, try it. I put my hand under her, expecting a short wait, but she already had it halfway out. I caught it in my...

One of my GC hens for some reason pasted up. Noticed her acting unusual this evening while ranging, so I went and got her after bedtime. Checked her over real good, and she had pasty butt. I thought only chicks paste up. Well, anyhoo.....bathed her, blow dried her, and she is resting in the pet...

yesterday!! Just got back in from checking on the "kids" before going to bed. One of the 4-H RIR girls I got 2 weeks ago laid her first egg!! Hers is the one on the left. The one the right is an egg from one the "big" girls.

This subject came up on another thread. I was curious about it myself. We all know the bloom protects the egg from bacteria. Does the bloom actually have some anti-bacterial properties? Has there been any research?

Hopped OUT of the quarantine pen and onto the porch when I had the top open yesterday offering them a new treat. It's a darn good thing she squatted (yay!) because otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to catch her. They are quite the flighty things. They are also wary of taking treats...

Rigged these up for the girls today in an effort to encourage some of them to stop laying eggs all over the coop. More curtains to be added as I get more empty feed bags. The Good Henkeeping Seal of Approval

I guess wal-mart agrees with foodnetwork!! I just got this from walmart's website about eggs!! Brown vs. white The color of the egg’s shell is a reflection of the breed of hen. Breeds with white feathers and ear lobes, such as White Leghorns, lay white eggs. Those with red feathers or ear...

Went to the 4-H Poultry Chain auction. Got there way later than I had intended to (volunteered), because my tummy was wonky this morning. They auctioned RIR's in batches of seven with 150 total. Of course they had a short batch of 4. One of the County Supervisor's crew bought them just to...

Took some fresh food to the coop today. Had six eggs waiting on me. One of the TT's was in a corner, getting ready to lay. Took fresh water second trip out. Soon as I stepped out the back door I heard her singing. Got to the coop, she was still on the egg. Went to grab it out from under her and...

Tomorrow at TSC we are holding an animal event. I am taking a couple of my chickens to work with me. One will be Otis, my xtra roo, in an attempt to find him a new home. I will also be taking Babs, my BR hen that was named for the famed "Barbara", we all knew and loved thanks to MrsChickendads...

My quarantine pen is portable, so I moved it into the coop when the time was right. Let the BCM babies out full time day b4 yesterday. A bit of chasing and pecking, but nothing major. The pullet was on the roost at bedtime night before last, and last night and tonight both the pullet and...

MY little GC that started laying this week laid a little pullet egg four straight days!! MY PR has never laid 4 days straight! lol Well at least not since I've had her.

One of my pullets laid her 1st egg today!!!!!!! The egg on far left is Henrietta's (PR)egg. The one in the middle is a store bought Large egg. The one on right is the baby egg!!

This is Otis. I was posting pics of my chooks on FB to show them to a family member, when a friend replied that he is pullet, not a roo. Want more opinions. This is my alpha roo, Otis's brother, Mylo Here is one of his sisters, and you can see his other sister in the background in the first pic

This evening during free range time, Mylo successfully mounted one of the pullets that is very near POL with nary a feather flyin. I could tell by the "Shake Your Tailfeather" moves she was doing right afterwards. A little while later he tried the "Rooster Shuffle" on one of the other pullets...

Mylo...this pic was taken about 2-3 weeks ago. Today he was trying to "romance" some of the little ladies. oops!! wrong pic. that is barbie!! lol