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Just tried this weekend to hard boil fresh eggs for the first time, timed it carefully then immediately plunged into cold water plus ice. But they would hardly peel and we lost so much good egg! Although we ground it up and fed to chicks, I want it for me . So Thx, I look forward to trying...

I am waiting for my neighbor to complain. Our much-loved 7 mo hens have been noisier and noisier as they announce their eggs each mid-morn, and we live in a suburb beside a very quiet guy. He politely complained about dog barks, so we adjusted our routine so dogs didn't bark. He politely...

Willamette Valley here happily crowing that our ladies presented us with eggs at long last! Bok Bok! 6mo old & we were wondering if we'd have an egg-less Winter but maybe the light we rigged in the coop has tricked them. I'm so proud of them, and having fun on my daily Egg Hunts. I'd heard...

We are so lucky in our NW, so many beautiful places to visit! Even if you don't have chickens to pick up! Would love a tad more sun, though

My ladies are 6 months old next week and no eggies here yet either. They love playing in the straw and making little 'wells' but so far that's it. I'm starting to worry, what if we don't get eggs until the Spring!? But here's to healthy late bloomers! Maybe they're just saving up for a big...

Thanks for the fabulous PVC feeder idea! I have this half-way done, we have the gutter and end caps that work like a charm with little or no waste. I've purchased the PVC pipe so all I have to do is attach it to the wall above the feeder & voila! Thanks for sharing the idea and your photos...

We are using a most clever feeder that we read about on this very BackYardChickens site and it has totally cut down on (eliminated?) chickie food waste. I'll try to find the link & attach, but a brilliant guy posted plans for it. It's a plastic rain gutter with end caps to hold the feed, and...

Great question! I have some very large fluffy Australorps, 1 Buff Orpington, 3 Rhode Island Red/Speckled Sussex crosses. It sounds like I can keep my hopes up for some eggies! < happy dance! >

A question for my Willamette Valley neighbors: Dare I keep hoping that my 5 and a half month old chickies will lay an egg before winter comes? They free range during the day, sleep in the coop/run. Pellets and water are in their run. We've been turning a 60 watt lightbulb on for them each...

you can mix pellets with warm water & make a tasty mash, and at least use up some of the bag of pellets My girls are finally starting to eat them dry after many many months!

fun post! The silliest advice came from a lady who "sells eggs professionally", she warned me that feeding kitchen scraps to my chickens will make them tear their feathers out because that happened to her. Sadly I fear her chickens are overcrowded and stressed in her "professional" set-up...

Great topic! Mine were young, growing, and free in our garden this summer. They left all squash, pumpkin, and zucchini alone (strong vines?) but gleefully ate all leafy things like chard, kale, spinach, lettuce. Gleefully and wicked efficiently, 2 lovely rows of rainbow chard had been...

Thx for the welcome! and cool etsy site too!

Oh, hee hee, I forgot to mention my 2 pups are border collies LOL! (ages 5 and 14 but permanent pups in my opinion)

I sure enjoyed reading these posts! I need to clip the wings of my girls, they have a huge free range area that even includes our garden and yet they feel the need to roam around the (fenced off?!) yard. If it was just me I wouldn't mind, & it warms my heart to glance out & see their chickie...

OK I am laughing so hard, this is the first time I've seen the phrase **Freezer Camp** ! ha ha! I have 2 ginormously plump 5 month old Americauna ladies (eggs any day now??) and often wondered how big they really are. We have 4 other red & buff crosses that look petite in comparison. Hope...

Chicks are so adorable! Ours are 5 months old now & definitely "underfoot" whenever we go outside, they always act like they are Starving even though they have free range in our garden, compost bin, and chickie pellets in their feeders (grin!) I'm bummed they don't hop in my lap though, the...

Those are the handsomest boys! I'm sure those characters will find new homes, especially with those temperments. No boys in our wee flock, but gosh all these pics are so fun! Makes me wish I'd searched around for more chickie types! Our ladies lack the flashy feathery Pazaazz but will...

ha ha, thanks for the Welcome! Our family is having more fun than I expected with these little chickies...