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Funny that you mention shrimp; I would feed our previous flock shrimp shells - minus the sharp, tail-end - and they LOVED them!

Yeah, like cherrynberry said, they're sunbathing. Just like a dog will do; stretch out and soak up a few rays. Mine have been doing the same....until they manage to pile all on top of one another and everyone gets aggravated and leaves - they have no concept of personal space - LOL!!

That's how I've transitioned mine outside before too. Letting them spend more and more time out during the day(s), and then eventually leaving them out 24/7.

Because I'm cheap, and didn't want to run a 250watt heat lamp during our 'peak hours' from our electric company, this year I decided to try a heat plate. Again, because I'm cheap, I didn't go with one of the big-name, $100 jobs. I decide to try out one at my local Tractor Supply...

We have two Wyandottes and two Marans. They're all two weeks old. The Wyandottes are already noticeably bigger than the Marans - they're actually bigger than everyone else. :)

To me, they look like they're able to go outside now (depending on nighttime temps). By next weekend, you now have 6wk-olds and a 5wk-old. They should be plenty good by next weekend. IMO.

I'm running into this same situation, so here's what I'm going to do: Our main order of (8) pullets are coming in this Thursday. Our Roo, an Ayam Cemani, is delayed and won't arrive until May 17th. Rather than raise him alone, we're also going to get 3 or so more pullets to raise along with...

Mine love any/all pasta! That's not a terribly strange thing for them to eat though. The strangest thing I've seen them eat was a frog; I saw one of mine unearth a small frog - down the hatch it went. I was grossed-out...and amazed - mostly amazed. LOL!

I don't know what to say about the uncooked shells, but I can attest that mine go NUTS for the shells that I have peeled off of boiled shrimp!!! Not being familiar with shrimp anatomy, I can't say that I know what the rostrum is, but I do avoid giving them the tail, as it's pretty sharp. My...

Interesting info about the pea comb/straight comb thing sonew - Thanks! (Learn something new here all the time!) Wade

This year I've hatched a couple of EE and 4 OE (I'm assuming this means Olive-Eggers). All of them waited until about the 23-24 week mark to lay. Of course the anticipation of the green and olive eggs made the wait seem that much longer!

Had that happen on more than one occasion over the years growing up at my parents' house. Never thought twice about it, and never noticed any ill effects regarding eating the eggs.

Wow. The egg survives a bit of a drop! It's a wonder more aren't cracked when laid. I have straw or shavings in my boxes, but they always seem to scratch down to the bare wood when arranging the materials the way they like....... Neat vid!!

67,084 I have 20 = 67, 104

Nice page there Erica!

I live on 2ac of heavily wooded pines in the middle of the country. Never mind that - as mentioned above, I'm standing - the bird (head) is about 2ft off the ground. The bullet is in the ground probably no more than 6ft away. I have no problem with overkill. Dead is dead. It's easier for me...

My first couple, I did the jugular slice. On the second bird, I failed miserably, and had to cut her again..... After that experience, I decided to resort to more brute force; I have a little snub-nose .22 pistol. I hang the bird by the feet, and place the barrel right behind the eye. One...

I feel your pain. I bought two a couple of years ago. One bird developed the beard and ear tufts - she laid green eggs. The other developed neither physical trait and laid light, light brown eggs. Now follow this; I bought an EE roo and hatched an egg from each of them. The green egg hatched...

Re: laying - As Kevin said, most lay in the morning, and in my experience, mine are all done laying by 2:00. However, a few days ago, I had two of my girls lay AFTER 5:00. I checked and gathered eggs about 4:45. I checked again about 6:00 and had two more eggs that were not there earlier - Go...

HOLY Smokes he is fast! LOL!