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I have two Easter Egger pullets that a broody raised last year, Laverne and Shirley. In the beginning of January, at 8 months, Laverne started laying. In the middle of January Shirley started laying, beautiful sky blue eggs. I was thrilled! Shirley has always been a very skittish hen. I have 4...

So for 11 years my chickens (around 6 hens) have had a totally enclosed 12 by 12 run, and an 8 by 8 coop, and seemed fairly content with the situation. They get locked up in the Fort Knox coop every night and I haven't lost any to predators. But my last batch of hens included 2 Welsummers that...

I posted more about my situation in flock management--"new flock/old flock...". I had a flock of 8 and 9 year old hens, two got very ill over the winter. Fortunately I have a neighbor who is willing to put them down for me. I have three left, and the consensus here has been that I should...

I always wondered how I would make the transition from my old flock when the time came. I had 6 hens, eight and nine years old, only 2 were laying at all last fall. Over the winter I lost three! (2 got ill and neighbor put them down for me, one died on the roost in the middle of night). Now I...

I haven't posted on here for forever. But this seems to be a turning point for my chickens. I have six hens that I have had for eight and nine years and they are pretty much pets. Up to now I have had a few egg-binding incidences, bumblefoot, but hadn't lost a chicken. Of course they are not...

I created scale drawings of my coop for the contest--which it appears no one noticed due to the fact that I put them on a second page. Anyway, I thought they would be helpful for those looking for plans for a basic coop, but they would be much more useful if they could be printed out to scale...

Okay, I have to rant a bit.... We've been planning a vacation for over a year. Talked with the neighbor several times since, my husband thought he had everything lined up for the care of our chickens (the neighbors used to have chickens). I'm totally stressing out about the care of them (and my...

So of course I have procrastinated, and now I'm trying to put together my page at the last minute. And as I have been dreading, I can't figure out how to get images on the dang page! The sound on my computer doesn't work, so the video is useless. I'm trying to cut and paste and is says Mozilla...

I'm switching my flock to whole grain (plus meal and supplements) food. Just picked up the food yesterday and they seem to like it. My idea was that I would be able to put the food down in their run, like scratch and make them work all day to find it. They seem to enjoy this much more than just...

This just cracked me up. Backup singers with soft clucking to Miss Piggy and Kermit, but I can't remember what they sang? It must be on you tube....Okay here's the link, I haven't got sound hooked up yet, still can't tell what they sang!

I have a sweet EE named Cleopatra that is my favorite of them all. She has always been very calm, talkative, friendly and curious. She is also rather clever. But when she jumps on a roost, it is the oddest thing, she seems to "miss aim" and fly up too high. When she eats from my hand it hurts...

I know that our neighborhood is crawling with raccoons, but I am nervous about what I saw today. To back up, last weekend the neighbor's weiner dogs had a coon treed on our property line. I was never so glad to hear them yapping! This was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I got tired of waiting...

Please. please tell me there will be another coop contest! Soon! After seeing the floor of my coop stuck unfinished in the driveway for months (work has been busy for me), my husband finally agreed to help, and with the help of our handyman, made some really good progress. I was sooo excited...

I just put my pullets in a new run next to the older girls. They are just 2 days shy of 4 months old--three easter-eggers and a speckled sussex. Today I found a smallish blue-green egg in their run! I think it must be Cleopatra, who has a much more developed comb than the rest. I haven't noticed...

Did anyone see the article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, about the chickens on Kuaui (sp?). Apparently the island is overrun, partly because they are no mongooses like there are on the other island to keep the population down. My favorite part was about how to cook a rooster--put...

I have 3 Easter eggers that are 2 weeks old and very healthy, in fact they are acting like little hooligans--flying all over and into each other. When they were 4 days old I added a speckled sussex chick and they befriended her in the blink of an eye. She has always been a little trooper, trying...

I never got around to building a nestbox for my hens, what with all the coop moving, run construction, winterizing, etc... It just wasn't super high on my priorities list. They've been laying on the floor of their roosting area, which is a pain to get too, and has a tendency to be poopy. So...

all is clean now!

My little Jackie-O had a very large large crop yesterday. This morning when she first came out it looked like it had gone down, but during the day it became quite large again. She seemed to be eating constantly, including quite a bit of woodchip, which I use for their run. She seems perky and...

He is a good guy-very gentle and protective of his hens (2). He is six months old, and is driving my neighbor and husband crazy, though I don't think he crows THAT much. I'm in Olympia, but I could deliver to the Seattle or Tacoma area as we go up there a lot. I'm going to try and post a pic of...