Recent content by Trombygirl

Yea. Unfolded it. Definitely paper.

I noticed my hen lethargic, not eating, and with a drippy/pasty butt the night before last. Her crop was weird and squishy so I thought it was maybe sour crop. I separated her and withheld food and was looking into the next step. When I checked on her this morning, she had pooped a fairly large...

Thanks, he's pretty but he hates everyone but me. He only tolerates my husband if he has a scoop of chicken scratch.

I have 14 new chicks and they are 10 weeks old. I had a feeling from the third week that the SLW (Louise) is a rooster. His tail feathers have started to curl, red comb etc. The EE is the one I'm confused about. This is only my second year with chickens but my confusion is that I've had a...

We live in Missouri and though it is cold outside now, I've been thinking about what is going to happen to my chickens when it gets hot and muggy. I have a couple considerations when it comes to the siding for my coop. Our coop was built by converting the back third of my lightly-used detached...

Thanks everyone!

Good to know. I wanted lots of green/blue eggs so meant to get 6 EEs, now it looks like I may have 10 lol. The other ones they said were EEs are all light colored with a darker area right on top of their head. I'm betting they didn't have them sorted right and I just got a weird mix. I'm...

These fluff balls are two out of four "silver laced wyandottes". I was excited to find them along with some easter eggers, buffs, and australorps at the local Feldman's this late in the season. I got them home and settled in, then I thought about it and realized they were brown. Aren't SLW...