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[Nikon]

Ok, here there are! Olive the OE was the first to lay on Saturday followed by Bab's the Brahma a couple of hours later. Yesterday Bab's laid another, albeit smaller egg, but no egg from Olive. This morning we got another from Olive but more green and sans speckles.

Bab's first and second egg.



The double yolker on the left.






And here's Olive's second egg from a few hours ago. Greener, but no speckles.

 

[ronott1]

Ok, here there are! Olive the OE was the first to lay on Saturday followed by Bab's the Brahma a couple of hours later. Yesterday Bab's laid another, albeit smaller egg, but no egg from Olive. This morning we got another from Olive but more green and sans speckles.

Bab's first and second egg.



The double yolker on the left.






And here's Olive's second egg from a few hours ago. Greener, but no speckles.

Congratulations!

 

[8machines]

I apologize in advance if this is not the place or the time but my husband and ,I with about 15 of my chickens, are looking for a place to rent in the foothills south of Pollock Pines, in Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, or Mariposa. I know there is a terrible fire right now. If anyone knows of a 2 bedroom place with a garage and maybe 1 acre for my chickens, please let me know. Thank you very much.

 

[ronott1]

I apologize in advance if this is not the place or the time but my husband and ,I with about 15 of my chickens, are looking for a place to rent in the foothills south of Pollock Pines, in Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, or Mariposa. I know there is a terrible fire right now. If anyone knows of a 2 bedroom place with a garage and maybe 1 acre for my chickens, please let me know. Thank you very much.

The Great thing about this thread is the open format. Post what you want as long as it is Family Friendly and follows BYC Rules.

I hope you find a nice place!

 

[chickee]

We are still having a hard time deciding which rooster to re-home. Maybe the one that bit me, the OE. Although for an Orpington rooster Brawny is the one pulling the OE rooster off of the pullets. Poor Emmet only has eyes for Ellie who wants nothing to do with any of them and doesn't even crow. Really don't want to get rid of the Orp as he's beautiful and huge, but the OE does seem to be protective of the flock and a good guardian. I'd hate to let the best rooster go but I don't know who that is.

Photos coming your way . Get out the popcorn!

I would keep the rooster that the ladies like the best

I have had to get rid of roosters that were too aggressive when breeding the hens. My Wyandotte roosters have always been gentlemanly and a favorite with the ladies.

The Orpington rooster is awfully pretty. Emmet has a submissive nature so he will get along with whatever rooster you decide to keep. Ameraucanas are slow to begin crowing. I have two young BW Ameraucana roosters right now and neither are crowing, but the Golden Cuckoo Marans rooster of the same age is crowing.

Most roosters are good guardians. They can all be helpful by giving the warning call to alert the hens to danger, but in the end when confronted by a predator they usually sacrifice their own life to save the hens.

Speaking of predators . . I had an chilling encounter this morning! I was getting ready to go to town when I heard an animal screaming down by our creek. Two young bucks were grazing in the pasture and I saw them run to the edge of rocks above the creek and keep prancing around and looking down in the berry bushes. I went outside and listened and the animal screams started again. I new I had to do something, so I grabbed a rake and went to the rescue. I wasn't sure what kind of animal was the attacker so I slowly approached the outcropping of big boulders hoping it was't a Mountain Lion! And the first thing I saw was MY tiny, favorite baby fawn (its mom gave birth to it under our deck) penned down in the rocks by a BIG Coyote!! I raised my little bamboo rake and the Coyote jumped up and ran for its life (thank goodness!) with me yelling "GET OUT OF HERE!!" as it disappeared into the bushes. The poor baby was wet from running through the creek to get away from the Coyote before it was trapped in the rocks and it was curled on the ground with blood on the left side of its head and ear where the Coyote had a hold of it. I kept talking to it telling it that it was ok and asking where it mom was. It was obviously in shock and stunned by what had happened to it. I was amazed it wasn't chewed up by the Coyote. Finally it got to it feet and staggered up through the rocks toward the house. It then laid down in the rocks at the top of the hill. I didn't want to stress it more, so I went back up the hill to the house. I then began to worry that the Coyote would come back, so I went back down and coaxed it towards the house and away from the creek. It ran up the hill to the house and around the side of it and disappeared down the path to a safer spot on the other side. Hopefully the Coyote won't find it and it will be reunited with its mom.

 

[Nikon]

Hi chicken people. So my parents are planning on building a pool, but the other day they through out the idea if we moved to a better house with a pool and sold this one, we could save over 20,000....I don't know yet if they're seriously considering moving, but obviously one of the first things I thought of was my chickies! They threw out the town name "Palo Cedro", it's a town near Redding...does anyone know the chicken laws for Palo Cedro? Where can I find them?

Just throw out the name, Grass Valley. It's not as hot.

Then we can do chicken portraiture together. LOL!

 

[chickee]

Ok, here there are! Olive the OE was the first to lay on Saturday followed by Bab's the Brahma a couple of hours later. Yesterday Bab's laid another, albeit smaller egg, but no egg from Olive. This morning we got another from Olive but more green and sans speckles.

Bab's first and second egg.



The double yolker on the left.






And here's Olive's second egg from a few hours ago. Greener, but no speckles.

Wow

Beautiful eggs! And good sized too! You must be thrilled!

 

[Nikon]

I would keep the rooster that the ladies like the best

I have had to get rid of roosters that were too aggressive when breeding the hens. My Wyandotte roosters have always been gentlemanly and a favorite with the ladies.

The Orpington rooster is awfully pretty. Emmet has a submissive nature so he will get along with whatever rooster you decide to keep. Ameraucanas are slow to begin crowing. I have two young BW Ameraucana roosters right now and neither are crowing, but the Golden Cuckoo Marans rooster of the same age is crowing.

Most roosters are good guardians. They can all be helpful by giving the warning call to alert the hens to danger, but in the end when confronted by a predator they usually sacrifice their own life to save the hens.

Speaking of predators . . I had an chilling encounter this morning! I was getting ready to go to town when I heard an animal screaming down by our creek. Two young bucks were grazing in the pasture and I saw them run to the edge of rocks above the creek and keep prancing around and looking down in the berry bushes. I went outside and listened and the animal screams started again. I new I had to do something, so I grabbed a rake and went to the rescue. I wasn't sure what kind of animal was the attacker so I slowly approached the outcropping of big boulders hoping it was't a Mountain Lion! And the first thing I saw was MY tiny, favorite baby fawn (its mom gave birth to it under our deck) penned down in the rocks by a BIG Coyote!! I raised my little bamboo rake and the Coyote jumped up and ran for its life (thank goodness!) with me yelling "GET OUT OF HERE!!" as it disappeared into the bushes. The poor baby was wet from running through the creek to get away from the Coyote before it was trapped in the rocks and it was curled on the ground with blood on the left side of its head and ear where the Coyote had a hold of it. I kept talking to it telling it that it was ok and asking where it mom was. It was obviously in shock and stunned by what had happened to it. I was amazed it wasn't chewed up by the Coyote. Finally it got to it feet and staggered up through the rocks toward the house. It then laid down in the rocks at the top of the hill. I didn't want to stress it more, so I went back up the hill to the house. I then began to worry that the Coyote would come back, so I went back down and coaxed it towards the house and away from the creek. It ran up the hill to the house and around the side of it and disappeared down the path to a safer spot on the other side. Hopefully the Coyote won't find it and it will be reunited with its mom.

I'm not really sure which roo they like best. The OE and Brahma like the OE rooster. The others just don't seem to care. The other day the OE rooster was trying to give me rocks and treating me a little like a hen so I went and pinned him into a squat but he got me on the way down, little buggar! It's a big bruise now, looks like I've been playing paintball.




Dang! You've had quite the morning! We haven't heard coyotes in awhile at our place but they are definitely around. Hope the lil' buck is okay.

 

[BCollie]

Ok, here there are! Olive the OE was the first to lay on Saturday followed by Bab's the Brahma a couple of hours later. Yesterday Bab's laid another, albeit smaller egg, but no egg from Olive. This morning we got another from Olive but more green and sans speckles.

Bab's first and second egg.



The double yolker on the left.






And here's Olive's second egg from a few hours ago. Greener, but no speckles.

Nice pictures!

 

[Nikon]

Wow

Beautiful eggs! And good sized too! You must be thrilled!

Yup, I'm so stoked! Can't wait for Ellie and Hershey to lay!