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When mine are laying they lay almost daily, but I hear this tapers off greatly after the first year or so and mine are broody a lot (A LOT!). Only one is laying right now as they're molting. I'm curious to see how the winter goes. Mostly I'm either flooded with eggs and can't give them away fast...

You'll like them even more when you get some. Lovely personalities and a delight to watch.

Egg size is about the same as a large (not jumbo) supermarket egg. When they're not broody (which is a LOT, at least with mine) and not molting, mine lay nearly every day (note, mine just turned one, we'll see how they lay down the road).

Mine started between five and six months old.

Most people here don't vaccinate their birds either, it just isn't necessary. I find it very disturbing that people there are selling sick birds though. That's unethical IMO. Vaccinating doesn't TREAT illness though. So just saying "they are ill" doesn't help anyone give you advice. What is...

I don't know that there's any real advice to give for this situation. You're stuck between a rock and a hard place. All you can do is carry on, breed yourself, and cull selectively as best you can.

What kind of problems are you experiencing?

Somewhere back in this thread is a discussion of trimming/plucking. My takeaway was "baseball size area" around the cloaca. Shift the circle UP above it on the girls and DOWN below it on the boys.

I wouldn't despair of pullets just yet, and yes, the pale ones look like splash rather than blue (like the ones behind). I didn't think I'd like splash much, but it turns out it's my favorite of the three colors, LOL!

I think she only offers BBS. Heirloom Orpingtons sells blacks http://www.heirloomorpingtons.com/Orpingtons_c_23.html

Same as any product you're recommending. I think the only rule about links is not sending people to other forums.

I had a raccoon visitation the first week (he clearly tried to chew his way into the coop). Gross as this may sound, I shoveled up some of the dirt from where my dog pees and put it around the coop. No more signs of the little bugger. I see muddy footprints in my front yard still, but not in the...