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oh and they were pretty happy to get some squash...

Thanks!!! They have been pretty dirty much of the days because during the winter, I had a container with peat moss in the coop so they could do their bathing thing. What a mistake!!! That stuff gets all over everything. I had no idea how light and clingy that stuff was. Next yr I'm using...

He always lets the girls feed first.....but once I started taping, they were all on the lettuce. He has some frostbite on his comb. We had some 50 below nights this past winter.. It will be fine...

Well I'm so glad I took the time and sat out with my flock today. I think I have a really great roo! I will hold on to the thought that things will get better as they get older. Here is a 9 minute video of them today...including how they all cooped up when the crows flew over and were...

Well I took a video of my flock today .... cut it down quite a bit but it's still a long one. I will post once I get it loaded to youtube. My roo did not mount one girl the entire time I was taping..... of course. lol Perfect gentleman. I saw him get on a hen shortly afterwards but it was...

Good to know...thanks.. mine dont ever get scared of anything since they dont free range. Only animal they have to deal with is a chipmunk occassionally :)) I'm going to do a video today!

thank you! Well, I did have one of my black girls sitting for much of the day yesterday but no egg.... unfortunately, I have 6 whites and 3 blacks that look fairly identical. Only one of my black girls has a blacker head so I can distinguish her from the rest of the girls...but that is...

I have so much to learn. How would you know if a hen was having trouble getting an egg out? Ours have been laying so well all winter.

WOw thank you so much! So... to help me understand... first of all, they do have to be cooped together at night. Will it work to separate them for the day and put together at night or will that cause more than the usual amount of mounting at night while the girls are trying to roost and...

I posted a new thread on this too...but just thought I'd chime in on this one for input. I have 11 large 8 month old Cochins that Ive had since 2 days old. I'm new to chickens but all has gone very well so far. We have a beautiful new coop and a predator proof large run area for them...