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Thanks for the Welcome. I'm still trying to figure out navigation and how to get to everything on this site. Glad to be here and hope to meet many more chicken lovers!!
Thanks Kelly for the invite

Hi. How chickens do you have and what breeds? Since you seem to know kabhyper1 I am going to venture to say she has conned you into some silkies

Well I just went out and got my broodies and brought them into our den. They didn't get off their nests when I moved the boxes to the large rubbermaid tote they will be living in for awhile. After some thought, I feel it's the best thing to do, since they refuse to get up to eat and drink on their own in this cold. I really hope once it gets light in that room, they don't freak out and realize they aren't in the coop.

crossing my fingers that they adjusted well.

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year and everyone stays safe tonight. We have been working really hard to get our house to where we are finally able to move into it. It has been a very long process since my fiance has basically done everything his self with help occasionally from family members. But I am very happy to say that we are finally going to be able to move in today. My chickens will be very happy as well since they will have 2 acres to run around on instead of the 1/8 acre or whatever it is that we have now. I do have a question. My thought is to keep them in their coop for a couple of days, so they know it as home, before leaving them out to run around. Does that sound about right or should it be longer? There is no run yet. Thank you for any replies. And again I hope everyone has a Happy and Safe New Year.

i would leave them in their for probably 2 or 3 days, just to make sure they know after you let them out they should probably come back to that coop. Congrats on movinginto your new place! I am sure your chickens will be very approving once they get to run around on the two acres.

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Hope everyone had a good holiday and happy new year to come haven't been on lately my appendix burst so been dealing with that but my ladies all seem to really love the weather for some strange reason. Not even the dogs want to go out but they can't wait to get out into it every day oh well and they are still laying consistently which has been great for all the cookies and sweets we've been making!! Hope this finds everyone doing well!

Hope you are feeling okay! At least your chickens enjoy the weather, many members chickens won't step foot outside their coop.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

My barred rock pullet laid me an egg two days in a row but now it as been 3 days since she has laid an egg. This is normal for a beginning pullet, right? We have looked for a hidden nest and have not found one. The chickens loved it that Dh turned their litter for them though.

 

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My barred rock pullet laid me an egg two days in a row but now it as been 3 days since she has laid an egg. This is normal for a beginning pullet, right? We have looked for a hidden nest and have not found one. The chickens loved it that Dh turned their litter for them though.

I wouldn't be worried. I had an easter egger who laid a double yoker for her first egg and then an egg every other day for 2 weeks (never missing) and then for no reason stopped. SHe still hasn't laid another egg. I just watch them to make sure thye aren't egg bound. I would think if our BR was egg bound ater 3 days you would of noticed. As long as she acts fine I wouldnt be consirned. I have had this happen with chickens before, especially ones that start in the winter. Not only them being a new layer, but also the hours of daylight mess them up. An sometimes they just need a break.

 

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I have been very impressed with my "mixed heritage" chickens I hatched. They may take a while to mature, but they are great layers and the cockerels are getting to be pretty big. I have 6 pullets ( 3 buff brahma x rhode island reds, 1 buff brahma x golden comet, 1 buff brahma x black sex link, and 1 buff brahma x easter egger. The easter egger lays a pretty blue egg and usually lays 5 or 6 a week, all the other would lay brown (so I don'tknow who is laying what) but the past week they have kicked it up a notch. yesterday 6 eggs from them. The cockerels are buff brahma x rhode island reds are going to be huge, they are still growing, they would make a good slow growing meat chicken.

 

[chisNchickens]

Here Mother2Hens....how's this for a pretty face? She had a bath and her crest put up so of course I had to take some pics. This is Olive, my favorite. She is the sweetest girl ever, and took BV,BB, and CH Featherleg at her first show with some nice competition! As you can tell, she's my pride and joy.

 

[SallyinIndiana]

We are missing a rooster. He was out free ranging while i went to the store. DH was home but when I got back, the rooster was missing. No feathers, no real fight scene. This was a very large rooster so it is hard for me to think of a hawk taking him away, killing and eating sure but we can't find a body and we have not seen a hawk in a while. Our insurance lady came by to take pictures, I'm hoping she accidentally let him out of the back yard and he is just wandering the nearby fields. Maybe he'll come back soon before dark.

 

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We are missing a rooster. He was out free ranging while i went to the store. DH was home but when I got back, the rooster was missing. No feathers, no real fight scene. This was a very large rooster so it is hard for me to think of a hawk taking him away, killing and eating sure but we can't find a body and we have not seen a hawk in a while. Our insurance lady came by to take pictures, I'm hoping she accidentally let him out of the back yard and he is just wandering the nearby fields. Maybe he'll come back soon before dark.

I hope he comes back

 

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Here Mother2Hens....how's this for a pretty face? She had a bath and her crest put up so of course I had to take some pics. This is Olive, my favorite. She is the sweetest girl ever, and took BV,BB, and CH Featherleg at her first show with some nice competition! As you can tell, she's my pride and joy.

She looks sweet and appears to not mind her new head band. I should do that with my polish more often. She attacks my leg when I go in the pen, because she can't tell what it is. Maybe she knocked a few rocks lose, I have seen run into the wall before lol.

 

[pginsber]

Thanks to everyone here on the board for making my 2013 a successful, enriching and fun first year as a backyard chicken-er!

 

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Hope everyone had a good holiday and happy new year to come haven't been on lately my appendix burst so been dealing with that but my ladies all seem to really love the weather for some strange reason. Not even the dogs want to go out but they can't wait to get out into it every day oh well and they are still laying consistently which has been great for all the cookies and sweets we've been making!! Hope this finds everyone doing well!

root beer float ~ Oh my gosh-- a burst appendix --that is scary! Hope you are feeling better.
So, your hens even like the snow? You're lucky! Seems like most of us have snow-hating chickens. Our won has been gone for a week or so, but as it melted, mine would fly over patches of snow!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year and everyone stays safe tonight. We have been working really hard to get our house to where we are finally able to move into it. It has been a very long process since my fiance has basically done everything his self with help occasionally from family members. But I am very happy to say that we are finally going to be able to move in today. My chickens will be very happy as well since they will have 2 acres to run around on instead of the 1/8 acre or whatever it is that we have now. I do have a question. My thought is to keep them in their coop for a couple of days, so they know it as home, before leaving them out to run around. Does that sound about right or should it be longer? There is no run yet. Thank you for any replies. And again I hope everyone has a Happy and Safe New Year.
barb s ~ Good to hear from you! Sounds like you've had a lot going on. The acreage sounds wonderful! As far as your flock, Too Fast has good advice, and I'm assuming that they'll be supervised until they get used to being out and have a safe run.

Renae ~ Love your alpaca avatar! Cool markings.

Well I just went out and got my broodies and brought them into our den. They didn't get off their nests when I moved the boxes to the large rubbermaid tote they will be living in for awhile. After some thought, I feel it's the best thing to do, since they refuse to get up to eat and drink on their own in this cold. I really hope once it gets light in that room, they don't freak out and realize they aren't in the coop.

kabhyper ~ I'd say you did the right thing. The cold can be brutal, so there's no point in stressing them out even more.

Just saw this on the home page.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/845677/map-of-potential-chicken-sitters
I thought I'd post it here because (as a person who definitely needs willing chicken/dog sitters) I think it is a great idea!! and of course, I want Indiana to show everyone else how its done.
So, If you want to be a sitter, and maybe make some extra cash, pin away. If you need a sitter, save or subscribe to the thread.

racin ~ That is a great idea! There have been many comments from our members who have not been pleased with chicken/animal sitters that they've hired. I signed up.
pginsber ~ I believe there's an Ohio thread, so you might post your Cincy house info there, too, unless you already have.