For me, this is a dangerous time of the year..... chick season!!!!! My daughter and I went by Snohomish Co-op after her GS meeting, and walked out with chicks.... duh.... 4 Buff Polish, 4 Red Polish, 2 Mottled Houdan, and 2 Crevecoeur..... they are all in the horse trough now, with 2 heat...
I don't do much - shovel the worst areas aside and wait for it to either dry or freeze. Their roost/nesting area is dry - I use Gem Flakes pine shavings that I get at the co-op for around $7. As the mud dries they love to scratch through it! I'm the only one in the chicken yard that seems to...
Rain? ................ Oh, you mean that liquid sunshine that turns my chicken yard into a sticky mess, right? As long as my chix have a dry place to roost they don't seem to mind it..... although I don't get anywhere near as many eggs after several wet days as I should! The good thing about...
Thanks!!! I was not aware that Marans is always spelled with an S! I honestly don't know if it is an even split on the eggs or not.
However..... I just had a Silkie chick hatch... noisy little girl...
The way I look at it.... if the egg doesn't hatch, it was male...... if it hatches, and...
Today we had a high of 32. I'm looking out at my small Orp coop - my 10 month old buff hen has decided to be mom to the 6 week old blue chicks. She is so cute! And she is still laying one egg a day! (she is the only one old enough to lay). She is keeping them nice and warm.... although it would...
The white ones are a Polish and a Silkie egg from my girls. The Maran eggs are Blue and Black. I don't have any of them in my flock..... looking forward to getting some!
Just got 15 Maran hatching eggs from DM Rippy in TN - they are now happily in my incubator. She did an awesome packing job! Can't wait to see how many hatch!!!
Is there anyone out there in Skagit County?
I'm new to this thread. I've had chickens for about 3 years now. Started with some hatchery chicks from various feed stores, lost more than lived, like a lot of newbies, and sure wish I had found this site earlier!
I have several pens of chickens...