Coronations are stunning! We have a breeder near us who breeds them as well as the Light Sussex. She just sold her Speckled and Silver Sussex project pairs to another breeder. But this coming spring I think we are just going with Meyer.
Our girls didn't want to come out of the coop either this morning, because of the snow, the cold isn't nearly as bad here. I had to trick them with treats and even then they were apprehensive, see pics below.
Oh no, sorry you are feeling sick, take your time and don't worry about it. Rest, hydrate and hope you feel better soon!
Good luck with the Marans. Just fyi it's the Black Copper that tend to lay the darkest but the others should give you lovely variations of dark and some with speckles
Welcome back, good to hear! How do they do with the CoopTight? Looking forward to pics!
So it started snowing yesterday, just little flurries, girls didn't mind. It picked up in the evening and started to stick a bit before their bedtime but they didn't turn in any earlier, I think it was actually a little later because it seemed lighter out because of the snow. But it kept snowing through the night and we had a decent blanket by morning. I was curious to see their reaction to the white stuff on the ground. They did not care for it and did not want to come out. A couple of them ate the snow off the edge of their door step but didn't venture on to the ramp. So I waited until the boy was dressed and fed and bundled up then we both went out together with a bag of scratch/meal worms/boss to lure them out.
We see the treats but the white stuff is to much
Clockwise from top: Clara the EE, Morgaine the Marans, Amelia the Golden Buff, Baby the Buff Orp and Victoria the Dorking
And now to go back outside and see if there are any eggs yet today.
yes see I got ahead of myself, I really want chocolate colored eggs to add depth to our eggs. I will need to find out if they have any BCM up the street, love all your pics of the girls and their big adventure outside the coop. You also have good commentary! I love the color of your eggs, nice color varity.
Speaking of speckled eggs, here is a shot of one from yesterday, have no idea who laid it.
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Got this egg yesterday, very pale blue almost white looking in certain light, see pics below.
Funny how much more blue it looks with the wood background, it came from Beyone, one of our EE.
Gah, sorry for pic overload but it was sooo pretty!
Amelia
Victoria
Morgaine
Clara
Baby was in the nest box
Pretty snow chicken on my lap
And my shoulder, no I am not kissing her
Too cute! Victoria is my husband's chicken, he would frown upon me kissing her, which is why I texted him that pic
I apparently meant to look for those pictures earlier, but... Anyway, better late than never! This is a Speckled Sussex egg (from miss Iddy Biddy, hence why it's iddy biddy 
Poggy's eggs are a bit bigger and less round, but about the same color.) :
It's the only picture I have of both of their eggs.)
Oh, well.
I agree, I am amazed of the variety each chicken can lay...big, small, speckled or not, light or dark, round or more oval, etc....Thank you
funny how they acclimate, glad your helping out your friend and her flock, hope she is appreciative.
I don't know where in co you are but I should have some bcm eggs in the spring too. I have a blue copper rooster and a black copper hen. She's not laying yet but I'll post a pic when she starts. I can't wait to see how dark her eggs are.I agree, I am amazed of the variety each chicken can lay...big, small, speckled or not, light or dark, round or more oval, etc....
funny how they acclimate, glad your helping out your friend and her flock, hope she is appreciative.
Today spent time before the next snow (is was sunny and mid 30's) which is predicted to start tonight and go through tomorrow night, another 6-8 inches. Got more straw, put some down in the run and refreshed the coop bedding and making it more deep. Going for the deep litter method through the winter. Also added more to the nest boxes in both coops and I tried to tarp the run in strategic places for wind breaks and having cover overhead. Once that was done, I tossed into the run a bunch of greens, grapes (the gang goes crazy for grapes!) and some flock block. The gang was appreciative of the changes and spent a couple hours out in the run,scratching and pecking away. Love hearing the sweet cooing sounds once they had some ground cover in the run and got some sunshine. Here are some shots of the work, have a few other things I would like to do to button up everything.
View showing the east side of the run tarped.
Decided to leave the south west side of the run un-tarped as that is where they get good afternoon sun and it is where the most popular roosts are....the last pic is my work in progress....so ended up tarpping the north and east side of run as that is where we get bone chiling winds from.
It was a balmy 14 in the coop at night fall and the highest the humidity has gotten has been 28. Hoping to be done with the winterzing part of chicken keeping. Nothing like waiting to the last minute.
Love the before ena after shots of the chicks turning into hens. Wish I had some more baby shots, will make sure get some when we hatch. Speaking if hatching, so some might know I am on the quest for choclate brown eggs. My neighbor up the street has a flock of about 50 birds and he had Marans. Today I asked him about which type and he said BCM! His partner had told me Cuckoo, so I am hopeful to be hatching out some BCM in the spring.
Just ordered 4 buckeyes and a meal maker for March 18th hatch date!
