Recent content by Annie's Backyard Flock

Thank you all for your input. Unfortunately, we are heading into another heatwave starting tomorrow and they've upped the temp to 100 plus with a heat index above 105. Thinking I may bring the whole lot into the A/C. I checked everyone for parasites and found nothing; mites, red spiders...

I returned home from vacation and all seemed well. We had had a heatwave while I was gone. (I live in S.E. PA) My grown daughter and a friend of mine did the best that could be done. If I had been home, it wouldn't have been any different. I returned (Wednesday) and within 12 hours, I noticed...

Have a Cuckoo Marans go broody for the first time. I have been pulling her off the nest all day long for quite some time. I was wondering if I put her with 2 month old chicks away from her buds, if that would help snap her out of it? Have read the other threads about isolation, etc but I don't...

I believe the one on the left is a roo. He's been bigger all along; both are aggressive though. Whole lot of chicks I got this time are aggressive. Yang, on left, developed saddle feathers first, then feet feathers. Yin, on right, has head feathers that are darker. The crest of the nose, just...

I am now getting 4 eggs each day. The RSL and Rocks are doing really well. The shells are perfect in size and color. The Cuckoo Marans have not laid an egg since the 11th of November. I really am wondering why. The one Marans is the leader and the other is the lowest on the pecking order of the...

UPDATE: On Wednesday the 30th, I finally got an egg. Each day since then, the girls have been "coming back on-line". The RSL and Barred Rocks are producing each day. The Marans are still on strike. I found both pin and flight feathers of all kinds in the coop. I'm hoping that they are just...

I do the Irish oatmeal treat as well. I put some yogurt or cottage cheese, black oil sunflower seeds, some partially cooked corn on/or/off the cob (leftover from friends poor harvest he gave me) and left over greens from last night's dinner. I get practically mugged on the way into the run.

At 5 weeks old, their ambient temperature should be no lower than 65 to 70 degrees. They are not fully feathered and should be in a warmer shelter. If there is any way to move them to a warmer place, I would highly recommend it.

Well, the hens have not laid an eggs yet. It is now 5 days. Hoping that they snap out of it. We have had a few more "conversations" since they stopped laying. I have put them back on the schedule that I had them on before I left. I guess I'm worried about leaving for a vacation again. I don't...

I need advice: I went on vacation for 9 days. I had a relative stay at my house to take care of the dogs, cat and chickens. He is a college age guy, so I tried to make it as easy as possible. I have a feeding system that requires only minimal attention. Water needed to be replaced every other...