My RIR Gertie just starting laying on Friday. Today suddenly she starts squaking and running all over the yard frantic!! Her two sisters were busy digging in the garden to even notice her. I picked her up and put her in the coop thinking maybe an egg was coming. She ran back out and started...
OMG the day FINALLY arrived!!!! My RIR's layed two eggs today!!!! Whoo Hoo!! I am thinking it's Mini and Gertrude, they look the most mature. All three of my girls are 25 weeks old. Gertrude started the "squat" just last week!! So eggcited!!!! I opened up the nestbox and there they were...
Got a new back door last weekend!! The girls love standing on the porch and looking in. My cat Olive likes looking out at all the activity in the yard, shot this video today
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I called the Board of Health and got all the rules from them. I just had to send them a picture of the coop, drawing of my yard and where I was going to put it. I had to get my neighbors to sign something, only the ones that touch my property. I live in a row house so it was just the two on...
My girls spent one week in their coop then I let them out, they always go back in at 8 pm and I lock them in. My girls are spoiled if they hear the back door open they come running, even running thru all the dogs if they are coming out!! I am always home so I can check up on them, my yard is...