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I am still working on my cull list, I need room for the spring chicks. I did cull one bully and mostly decided to give the old girls amnesty, that group will be 6 in April. So the plan is the 2020 girls have to go by the fall since now at least they are paying some rent. However... Someone...

Since I started raising chickens I realize how much chickens have influenced the culture and language, so many references to chickens... These are some that come to mind.. Caught with egg on your face (eggeater). = Guilty, caught red handed. Madder than a wet hen Hen pecked Nest egg (savings)...

So I wrote this up as a article its pending mod approval, I thought I would share here first.... So often I read here about someone getting a shed or a coop and they post pictures and it gets pointed out that the eaves are either non existent or not big enough. The overhangs ideally should...

So I have some materials on hand leftover from another building project. I have 9, 16 foot I beams (floor joists) that are 16 inches wide. I have some framing lumber and am willing to buy sheet goods. I just hate to let this expensive stuff go to waste. So this is the tail wagging the...

I suspect these two are cockerels, would like to be certain before processing this weekend. 16 weeks old, no crowing or eggs

I’m guessing Male ?

I think this one is male, hatched the Sunday after Easter, no crowing yet. I will add pics of the others once we get a consensus on this one... And I may have posted this twice... I tried on my phone not sure if it worked on l

I have Trader Joe's eggs in an incubator, today is day 4 I have not candaled them yet. I have NO idea what to look for when I candal them tomorrow, they are white eggs so I am hoping to see veins. What should I be looking for as far as air sac? I have seen some people trace them with pencil...

I am in a zip code that the post office will not ship eggs or chicks right now, Virulent Newcastle in Southern Ca... I have always kept a closed flock, no adult birds, no other chicken keepers allowed in the chicken area. Since the outbreak I wear shoe covers to the feed store and have 0...

So I have an egg eater, I feed 20% protein feed and have roll out nest boxes. The favorite box, will call it version 1 is not steep enough of an incline I think and the eggs are easy to retreive by the hens, I have seen them reach under and pull them back (Silly broody) So two days ago I could...

I caught a mountain lion on video last week, it is a MP4 file I cannot seem to upload it. It cut right through my yard at 230 in the morning, I live in the mountains in Southern Ca. Any ideas how to upload vid? Or is it not possible? Gary

When I first got chickens I decided I would have to be able to leave them at least a week if needed. They are my slaves not the other way around. I have left them for 8 days when evacuated for fire. They could go up to two weeks on their own. 12 chickens, 18 gallons of water and about 30#...

I have a persistent broody, she has done two 3 day stints in chicken jail, wire bottom bright light food and water only and each time I have let her out she goes right back to the nest. I put her back in yesterday this time she's in for 5 days. Hopefully this does the trick. Anyone else have...

Any idea what breed this is? 2 week old Meyer meal maker...

My Blue Americauna just spent the night in the nest box, she is acting broody again I wish it would have started a week ago I would feel better about the chances of her adopting the 5 chicks due to arrive in a week, 6 days now... She laid an egg yesterday so I know she is not full on broody...

From the home page I get a choice of new post or recent post. I do not see a difference when I click. New post are not new , granny done it again, welcome to my pond and on and on... I would love it if it actually linked to new post, as in NEW. Recent post is what both links lead to as far...

I am going to be gone for the month of February, taking the family on the vacation of a lifetime! The kids will be on independent study and we are spending the month in New Zealand! So on to the chickens... I am worried about frozen water, trying to get the coop hard-wired for electricity...

So Buffy the RSL was sitting on the perch in the run a couple weeks ago while I was in the chair outside and she proceeded to poop at the same time I was getting out of my chair. She was startled and changed body position and the poop landed in the fluff under her butt. I remember thinking at...

So I had a Bobcat sitting on the fence gazing at the chickens in the coop/run this morning, I knew it was just a matter of time before word got out amongst the locals.. I live in the forest so lots of predators. Looks like the girls are on LOCKDOWN for awhile... Gary

I have at least two neighbors with outside cats, we live in the mountains and somehow, so far at least, these cats have avoided the coyotes, mountain lions and bob cats. It is very clear in speaking with my neighbor that they are willing to take that risk as they do not want the cats in the...