Well so far i got 1 dominique laying and a americauna. Its awesome. Although, my americauna layed where my dominique does and i only got one egg that day. I wonder if she was ******. Will hens lay in the same box even if there is an egg in there?
Oh. I wonder. My first egg came with what im guessing is so "stuff on the egg, but the second is clean as a whisle.
Egg whipes huh. What are they used for?
Oh. My last reply was done on an iphone. Terrible spelling errors and words missing. Sorry about that :/
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE...... I GOT AN EGG!!!!!
I stayed up all night cause I'm a night owl and the Dominique was jumping in nest boxes and was casing the joint. So i got out my hammer...
2 of my hens are getting deep red faces. I have noticed over the last week or two how large they have grown. Seems like they fast.
Does anyone have a pic of their easter eggers and welsommers? (hope i spellled that right) I want some points of reference for face and weight. I have an easter...
Well just in case anyone wants to input check out my post
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/703623/just-got-11-chicks-and-trying-to-check-breed-and-roo-or-pullet
And BTW. 2 of the hens that survived are starting to get louder and squaking more. They are also squatting. I believe my...
Well just in case anyone is wondering, I decided to buy some baby chicks and built them a custom coop away from the 4 month olds. When should i integrate the baby's with the others?
A tornado. Wow. Well im glad that didn't happen. I'd have the biggest sad face ever!
The animal that got in there was part of the racoon family. Not anymore. I've spent all day looking for holes bigger than an inch and patching them. Lots of work. Now back to the topic. Iwonder of they will...
Well from 13 chickens im down to 5 but i found the animal that got into the coop and solved the problem. I stayed up all night waiting but now i know how it got in and hopefully its done. :)
Well no eggs yet. Sadly something broke into my coop and killed 7. These animals out here! I guess all day is gonna be spent securing what I thought was secure. :(
Hi. Im new here from las vegas and i just got chickens a few months ago. While im still waitiing on my first egg i dont remember when i got my hens. I got thirteen of em and am really enjoying hanging out with em. Some are really quarky. List has follows:
2 barred rocks - black and white
2...