Articles by bantambury

Exactly 7 months ago, we began a new flock. We had gotten 7 eggs, one RIR, and 6 other eggs which we hoped were Americana's and Silkies.....but ended up with a mixed flock!!! As we began letting our black Australorp hen sit and brood them, she accidently crushed the smallest one the day she...

As of right now, 8/21/15, i have 12 chickens in three different coops. 3 roosters and 9 hens all together. My smallest coop was recently built around May. This coop holds my 2 boys, Carl and Ivan, and their girls Nugget, Turnip, Mouse and Enid. Nugget, the Easter Egger Mouse, the...

On December 11th, 2013, 141 BYC friends set eggs for the 5th Annual BYC New Year's Day Hatch-A-Long. When I first found the page for the hatch, I was ESTATIC! I didn't even own an incubator!!! That night, I began asking MANY questions....the nest day after coming home I found an incubator...