Recent content by LuckyMNChick

The ladies scored a perfect 10 for 10, with one double-yolker. Good girls!!! ❤️

Oh! Well, that may explain the difference, because my son's chicken run is more sunny than ours and our birds probably stay much cooler! It's been so hot here in MN the last couple weeks, too. That possibility didn't even enter my mind. I probably have a much more red face than I usually do...

Thanks for the reply. You can grill me all you want on chicken terminology--I take no offense, because I have so much to learn! :-) I could be imagining the color difference, and it could be the different light that I'm viewing each of the bird flocks in. When I saw my son's pullets, it just...

I'm sorry, I don't have pictures. I was just noticing what I thought was a little darker red color to the face and combs of the 5 pullets that were pulled from my flock that my son took. I don't think they are cockerels, because the odds of 5 birds pulled from my flock of supposed pullets that...

I raised 20 hen chicks for 10 weeks, then gave 5 of them to my son and daughter in law. They incorporated them into their existing flock of 5 hens, and the chicks are now 3 months old. I was over to their home today to care for their chickens while they are away on vacation, and I noticed that...

when looking at the thread you sent I realized I needed to block off access to the space underneath the coop until they are trained to go back inside at night. Yikes! I know what I’m doing today!

Oh my gosh—THANK YOU! I was just going through pictures of coops and runs to see what types of things chickens like to play with! :-). Very helpful!!!

Thank you for the good advice! My run doesn’t have any places to hide, so I can definitely make some good changes there. To be honest, I didn’t even think of that. I’ll work on that aspect, and try sprinkling some of their treats on the ramp to see if I can lure them out.

Thank you for the great information—I appreciate it! :)

I’ll give that a try! Thanks!

Thank you both for your speedy replies! I was worried that I’d raised a bunch of ‘chickens!’ (Sorry! I couldn’t resist!)

Ok, the 9 week old hens have been locked in their new coop for 4 days since I moved from from their brooder box. I opened the door to the outside run today expecting to see them push and shove each other on their way down the ramp to the outside. Well, it’s been a few hours and still no...

Lol! No need for turkeys.....yet. :)

LuckyMNChick In the Brooder Mar 20, 202163941 Hi everyone! Is anyone interested in obtaining some Rhode Island Red hen chicks that are four weeks old and very healthy? I was under the impression when I ordered the chicks that I would have a certain amount of attrition. I guess I would attribute...

Hi everyone! Is anyone interested in obtaining some Rhode Island Red hen chicks that are four weeks old and very healthy? I was under the impression when I ordered the chicks that I would have a certain amount of attrition. I guess I would attribute the great advice on this forum and the...