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Is anyone looking for Khaki Campbell drake? We've had him for a year, since he was a baby but when we got our ducklings we ended up with 2 males and 1 female. He took a long time coming into his maleness but now he's fighting with our other drake (nothing serious, though) and the female is being...

My heart breaks for the children that died today and their families. My baby is 4 and will start Kindergarten next year. I would, honestly, rather die myself than bury my baby. I can't even imagine what those parents are going through tonight. How can any person kill such young children? I just...

We got our first egg 6 days ago and that girl has laid EVERY day since! Even less than 24 hours sometimes (9:15am one day and 8am the next day!)! She is a laying machine! AND 3 more girls have squatted for me! Yay! We may be done buying eggs now for the foreseeable future. :)

We got our first egg today!! It's tiny, but otherwise perfect. :)

My most stressful pregnancy was a girl. DH was in the Army, injured, deployed and I was alone with 2 other small kids, one special needs. It was tough times! My oldest girl was born while he was in Iraq.

One of our girls squatted today! Yay! Eggs are on the way! In previous experience I've found the first egg follows the squat by about 10 days. I am watching the calendar and checking the nest box more frequently! :) Can't wait!

The mice I've been catching are little wild house mice which the CDC says don't carry the hanta virus. I doubt they eat much either. One was too tiny to set off the trap (we had to chase it into the trap, then cover the open part and dump it into the bucket!)! Hubby doesn't like them because of...

Nope, those aren't the mice I've been catching! I caught another 4 today bringing my total to 10! We had mice here before we had chickens but they chewed into pet food bags, chewed up the padding of a car seat and lived in the BBQ and shed. Now they just hang around chicken food so I think they...

Honestly, I don't know how to clip wings and I would be worried about hurting them (cutting too close, making them bleed). I want to put a cover over our run anyways when money permits and hubby's ankle is healed, to provide an area without snow/weather for them. However, they often free range...

This is timely. 6 of our chickens hopped the fence tonight to visit the neighbor! We have frequently seen a dog in this neighbor's yard, however, thankfully, he was not there tonight! Hubby went out to feed them a treat and only 3 showed up. The sun was almost down so I assumed they had gone to...

$500 fine for killing a mouse?? I've never heard of such a thing! Thankfully I'm using a humane trap. No mice were harmed in their removal and relocation from the chicken coop. :) We caught another 3 last night! One escaped yesterday so we released the remaining 5 mice at a cemetery surrounded...

We've had some mice issues as well. I like mice/rodents so I don't want to kill them! We bought a couple humane traps (which, of course, won't hurt a curious chicken either!) and set them last night. We caught 3 mice within 12 hours! Awesome! We are keeping them in a bucket in the garage and...

Open enrollment for Loveland schools is Nov 26 - Dec 21. Thank you to the person who pointed out it was earlier this year! Last year it ended just after winter break, this year it's before! I need to submit one for my 8th grader so he can go to high school with his brother next year...

I have 4 kids in the Loveland school district, elementary, middle and high schools. 3 are special needs with IEPs, one is gifted with an ALP. I don't have any complaints about the district or the schools they go to. Up until 2 years ago they had gone to New Vision Charter School since it opened...

OMG this has me laughing SO hard I have tears in my eyes! HILARIOUS!!! I can just hear it! So, I am here putting together an order of spring chicks. So much fun! I'm ordering from Meyer and getting black copper Marans (low quality, I know, but I'm not buying them for breeding!), welsummers, 2...

You might want to consider Loveland as well. No permit required for chickens and you can have as many as you can care for (no roosters in city limits). :) Prices are also less here but, to be honest, they are on the rise in both Loveland and Ft Collins. They had a report in the paper today that...

Aaron, I know the recommendations for standard chickens (usually 4sq ft each indoors and 10sq ft outdoors). Last summer we got 4 chickens and housed them in a 12sq ft coop (that includes the 2sq ft external nesting box). It was definitely on the small side but they got along fine. I let them out...

I don't have ANY experience with roosters, but I think he's got a good attitude. He eats out of our hand and has never shown any aggression towards people or the other chickens. Honestly, he's always acted like one of the girls! Just recently, like the last 3 days, he's been showing flock...

For the longest time I was SURE he was a girl. He was the smallest, by a lot, and took forever getting his feathers! At 10 weeks my hubby pointed out his red comb and was concerned he was a boy. I posted his pic on the BYC forum and had a unanimous response that he was male. And now he's...

This is the rooster, Baby, previously known as the chick in my avatar. :)