I had a broody hen and let her sit and hatch out some eggs. Two hatched on Sunday. One was dead when I found them and another died a little later. I moved her nest box and the rest of the eggs and my hen into a dog crate. At the same time I was collecting eggs from the other nest. Weeeellllll I...
I bought some Olive eggs from someone here and unfortunately due to some thunderstorm and the power going out 3 times, only 1 egg hatched. That was in August. I collected my first olive green egg this weekend from my sweet bearded olive egger hen, named- da dat da " Olive" of course. Will post...
I went to see an old friend a couple of days ago. I keep up with her mostly through facebook, but she lives in the same county as I do. She made an item for me for a shower gift and went to pick it up and pay her for it. I got to talking with her and her husband and OF COURSE I told them about...
We adopted a little kitty a couple of months ago. She has been an indoor/outdoor cat and spends time with at least 3 of my neighbors that I know of. Friday night one of them called and said she was hurt and on their porch. My hubby went to get her and called me to come and get them and take...
My hubby got me a really cute chicken calendar for Christmas, among lots of other treats. My sister is hatching out standard size Americanas and will be giving me half! Very cool gifts!
I know this breed is a slow maturing breed and won't reach full size until they are nearly 2 years old. But what age will they reach point of lay? I have two that are 17 weeks old. My 21 week old Buff orpington that hangs out with them laid her first egg last week.
I live in an older established residential neighborhood. I have 6 neighbors that share my fenceline because of the size of my lot. My neighbor behind me put poison on my grape vine several years ago ( on my side of the fence) because she did not like it. The grapevine has probably been there for...
My silkie hen, Rose, was broody and my sister gave me two duck eggs. So Rose hatched out one of the eggs on Tuesday and she is the very proud mama of one appleyard duck. She has been a great mama. I noticed when I picked her up to give her a little attention that she seemed to be drooling. I...