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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Not posting much but still enjoying the chickens. We currently have 14 that are almost a year old, 6 black sexlinks that are 6 weeks old (our first time with them but so far we really like how hardy and calm they are) and we have 16 chicks coming next week. However I forgot what I ordered so it...
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    Review by 'ElysetheMom' in article 'DO'S AND DON'T'S FOR WINTERIZING'

    Thanks for the advice and reminders. I've had chickens for a few years, but this was a great reminder and the first full explanation on ventilation that I've read. We live in Maine, so we get some very severe cold. Unfortunately, my husband refuses to help me catch each of our 2 dozen chickens...
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    Review by '' on item 'Araucana'

    Every year we get at least a few Araucanas. The eggs are lovely and every Araucana is unique and differently-colored. They don't lay as many eggs as other breeds such as Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, and Plymouth Rock. However they make up for it with the unique coloring of their eggs.
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    Review by '' on item 'Marans'

    I was a bit disappointed in this breed. The eggs really aren't "dark", just a smidgen darker than our Rhode Island Red eggs. Sometimes you can't even tell the difference. And they don't lay as many eggs as our Orpingtons and Rhode Island Reds.
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

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    Egg Bound Chickens

    Thanks, Everyone, for your advice and observations. This is much better than reading a book on chicken-care! We've cut out their scratch, started giving them their morning scraps outside so they have to get out of the coop, and I'll put a second waterer in the coop. We'll see how it goes from there!
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    Egg Bound Chickens

    Rebrascora, the one chicken we butchered (an almost 2 year old Golden Comet) had 2 HUGE eggs in her. We were shocked. Two days ago we found a chicken lying in the dirt (10 month old Leghorn) late at night, so we put her out of her misery but did not butcher her. Then today we found a dead...
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    Egg Bound Chickens

    Eggcessive, Thank you for your reply. One egg bound chicken was a Golden Comet, another a Leghorn, and the third was a Cuckoo Maran. The fact that it was three different breeds leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong. I can't imagine how to encourage the chickens to drink more water; it's...
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    Egg Bound Chickens

    I need advice from you experienced chicken-raisers: Over the last month we've had 3 egg-bound chickens. (Two died. The third we realized was egg bound when we butchered her.) They were three different breeds, one chicken was over a year old, the other 2 less than a year. They have plenty of...
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