My sweet Laney is gone. She was one of the girls from my original brood. Very sociable. Known to beg for treats. Everyone loved Laney. Each spring I grew Laney her own salad bowl. She loved to come up on the deck for her salad, and look into the kitchen through the door wall screen to see what I...
I just came in from the coop/pen. Lots going on. 1) I think Tilly is going broody, again. 2) We're in a warm spell. Water is dripping off the pen roof into a tiny corner of the pen. The girls are drinking too much water and now have diarrhea. I have blocked off that corner, now. 3) My Laney...
I've never experienced a broody hen, so am unsure if this is what I'm dealing with. Tillie is a spring chicken, so a relatively new layer. I've been noticing a lot of downy feathers in the nesting box after she lays her egg, over the last few weeks. I'm thinking she pulled them. Then, today -...
My Gertie has sour crop. Unmistakably. Its my first experience with sour crop. I just gave her her 1st dose of miconazole. She is currently inside, in the bath tub. Not hungry, but drinking water. How soon should I try her with scrambled egg?
My dilemma is this: I'm leaving town to babysit my...
It's been a while since I've visited BYC. Summer has been busy. We cleaned out my parents home and put it on the market. Such a big job. We had an offer within a couple days, so now we sit and wait for things to hopefully fall into place.
I've had my grandson a little more than usual because of...
I had an unwelcome visitor on my deck, this morning. A juvenile opossum. I sacred it away with the spray of my hose. I shared this with another group, and the members were touting the benefits of opossum (they eat ticks, snakes, other pests). They said opossum don't eat chickens. I've read that...
I'm weeks into integrating, and not making enough progress. Fortunately my set-up allows me to separate the pullets from the hens when I'm not actively watching.
I have 8 RIR hens and 4 pullets of less-aggressive breeds.
Two of my hens (bullies) are now sporting peepers. They seem to be...
I noticed a couple of days ago that my garlic has "scapes". I'll be harvesting them tomorrow, hoping I didn't wait too long. How do I know when to harvest the garlic bulbs?
I also noticed my onions have bolted. 😞
I planted them in the fall. From what I've seen on YouTube videos - this is not a...
Laney has started jumping up to visit when I sit on the swing. It's the sweetest thing, ever. RIRs aren't particularly personable, so this was a pleasant surprise. I'm loving this new gesture. Perhaps she remembers my rocking her in the swing last summer, while I massaged her impacted crop...
This chick is now 7 weeks and 3 days old. It is a little bit "beefier" than the others. I'm told it is a Mystic Maran. Do you see any hints that it might be a cockerel?
I'm currently brooding 4 pullets to add to our flock. We bought an addition for the run - but the weather has been uncooperative, in recent weeks. Today, we finally got it started. The original run is 10x10 proper, with probably 8 Sq ft extra under the original pre-fab coop, which you can't see...
I'm trying to decide on roofing material for the chicken run. We are adding to our existing, pre-fab run, which has a tarp-style roof. The addition does not come with a cover. Ideally, I'd like to cover the whole run, extention and all, in one roof.
Initially, I considered PVC panels, but...
to our new chicks-in-residence!
You'll see that one is labeled, so far. I think it's the right one - I'd have to look on her underside to be certain. She has a pink mark on her tummy, per the hatchery, to indicate that she is a sapphire sky. She looks so much like the others. My neighbor asked...
I left Facebook for 2 1/2 years (before I found this group), and recently re-joined, because all of my glassworking groups and several tutorials are there, and not accessible, elsewhere. I whittled my friends list down to bare essentials. Glass people, golden retriever people, immediate family...
So - I put in an order for 4 spring pullets. 😁
1 each: Americana, Olive Egger, Sapphire Sky and Mystic Maran.
I ordered a pen-extention for the run, and we will be making some other improvement on existing accommodations. I'd like to add to their chunnel, too. But that will have to wait until...