California - Northern

[lawatt]

not a chicken, but this little bird was brought indoors by one of the cats this morning and then got stuck in one of the skylights, too high to reach -- finally managed to get it tangled in some bird netting and back outside:

 

[PetRock]

not a chicken, but this little bird was brought indoors by one of the cats this morning and then got stuck in one of the skylights, too high to reach -- finally managed to get it tangled in some bird netting and back outside:

Awwww....how cute! I love hummingbirds!

 

[lualshannon]

Have fun!

Daylight savings time starts tonight. More light in the morning but it will be dark before I get home.

Hello Ron,

Today, one of the HRIRs I got from you laid her first egg, and wanted you to see it. I was surprised as to it's deep dark colour, and large size. The two light colour eggs are from my LF adult hens. I took the photos in two different light settings to capture it's beauty; such a lovely gift!

Lual

 

[chrissyr]

Hello Ron,

Today, one of the HRIRs I got from you laid her first egg, and wanted you to see it. I was surprised as to it's deep dark colour, and large size. The two light colour eggs are from my LF adult hens. I took the photos in two different light settings to capture it's beauty; such a lovely gift!

Lual

Wow, that is a beautiful and dark egg! Amazing that's from a RIR! Ron's doing something right over there

 

[gryeyes]

Is anyone up by Fort Bragg looking for an automatic coop door?  Someone on craigslist has a used one for sale.

http://mendocino.craigslist.org/grd/4145483211.html

That is the same brand of auto-door sold by Foy's, to which some of us have mentioned already.

Somebody should snap that up!

 

[chrissyr]

ok so maybe i'm the baby here then.. late 1975. I got the chicken "fever" when i was young. At my grandma's she taught me how to put baby chicks under a hen late at night. She said to make sure it's close to the 21 days. We would go to the feed store and pick out chicks every year. I loved those birds and STILL have the 8-9 rolls of pics i took of them with my parents camera as a kid. Oh, the trouble I got into when my parents developed the film and it was ALL chickens, lol! Got my first incubator when I was about 12. My parents promised whatever I hatched I could keep, not thinking it would work. But it did! Took some time away and got them again in my early 20's. I would call my grandma with all my chicken questions, and I miss her dearly. She said I was the only one who turned out like her and loved animals. That's my story

 

[PetRock]

That is the same brand of auto-door sold by Foy's, to which some of us have mentioned already.

Somebody should snap that up!

I excel at finding deals that are too far away for me to buy!

 

[debs_flock]

Wow, that's a REALLY dark egg for a RIR. My HRIR lay a light to medium brown egg and never speckled.

There's no chance that was from someone else?

Pretty egg though.

 

[WendyJeepchick]

ChrissyR...I love your "story". What a blessing that you connected with your Grandmother in that way. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ronott1]

Hello Ron,

Today, one of the HRIRs I got from you laid her first egg, and wanted you to see it. I was surprised as to it's deep dark colour, and large size. The two light colour eggs are from my LF adult hens. I took the photos in two different light settings to capture it's beauty; such a lovely gift!

Lual

Thank you for sharing the pictures of the pullets and the egg!

I hope she keeps laying eggs that dark. My guess it that she will settle into a lighter brown once she settles into regular laying.

I am still waiting on mine to lay.