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Other hens also showing how to scratch. Roo seems protective from s few feet away. Two days, so far so good! And we have 3 more eggs hatching in the brooder!

Hatchling is dry & fluffy so I reunited her with mama Spade & sister. Spade gave her a gentle peck or two to guide her and the bigger sister is showing her how to chow down. We're watching closely. They're exploring the coop, and visitors have again been curious and gentle. Any blood and the...

Thanks NatJ, all great advice!

We're in a windy North Texas zone 8a. We've added pairs of pecan, apricot & honey crisp apple trees to our container garden of meyer lemons, satsuma mandarins, figs, blueberries & blackberries. We planted seed potatoes in straw (Ruth Stout method), and then onion sets and broccoli in grow...

Thank you for this article! My daughter just did her Science Fair experiment on making chicks friendlier, but she started too late, they were already integrated with the greater flock. Interesting how much bteed can make the difference, and was not a variable we were able to control in this...

On Wednesday our broody Black Orpington hen (Spade) hatched a chick (Stormy), the first of ours to hatch naturally from her brooder mate rooster (Motley). All told, we have a barnyard mix of 21 including 3 roos. Spade & Stormy abandoned the nesting box. We found a chick that didn't make it out...

Bless you prayer warriors! Praying with you!

We were wondering if a 20' x 10' x 6'h hoop greenhouse might work for 24 layer chickens, as long as we hung roosts and nests and feeders/waterers. But we're presently in Tornado Alley, windy every day. We just assembled & dutifully anchored the greenhouse a day before a thunderstorm. Of...

Another great story. :D

Thank you for your story! We're in the process of getting ready to sell our suburbian house. We hope to find some acreage around North or Central Texas.

Thank y'all! We now have our first dozen, wirh a little help from our Easter Egger laying some light sage eggs. Two more hens to start laying!

Pokey (19w 4d) hatched April 14, and laid her first egg today after spending all day in the nesting box as far as I could tell. Question: should I leave it in the nest for her 3 sisters to see where to lay? I've added a couple ceramic eggs to the nest box. Pokey's egg is the same brown color...

this is my little flock in their run

Hello! Introducing myself: I just joined after several weeks of using this site to prepare for our new little flock of yard birds in the suburbs of Dallas, TX. My aunt had chickens, my stepmother grew up with chickens, my brother has chickens, and so do some of our best friends. This is our...