Recent content by chickmama2014

Ok thanks! I will put one on the east wall.

They have these two doors and the bottom of the pen is wire. 1/4 has turf the other 1/4 has nesting boxes.

It’s all done and I couldn’t be happier with it. I also did this all on my own. Husband thinks I’m way overdoing it on the chickens. 🙄 I do have a sign coming that says “The Fluffy Butt Hut Farm Fresh Butt Nuggets”. It will go above the flowers.

Oh my goodness thank you so much for all this valuable and very descriptive information. I really really appreciate it! I will get to work on her after breakfast. It will be 80 today so very warm. :)

Do I need to bathe her to get this poop off or would brushing it out work?

I had chickens 10 years ago. Then got out of it. Just brought these ladies home a month and a half ago. All are last falls hatch. The other 5 eggs are fine. This egg was a new one today. My guess is it’s from my silver laced Wyandotte who had not started laying yet. I have seen all the other...

So I broke it open. It seemed like a normal egg. I wonder if that’s almost a soft egg? But only towards the end. I’m to new to chickens to really know for sure. It had a yolk and whites still.

Only towards that funky top end. Probably should break it open and see what it looks like?

What is wrong with this egg?

I’m leaning towards that as well but do notice she’s slightly bigger than my gold laced Wyandotte. And maybe australorps are bigger than wyandottes 🤷‍♀️ She’s sure pretty but being a little stinker to my Silkie.

Hello again. I thought I would add another photo of my new black lady. Here she is with the flock. I’m starting to wonder maybe she is a JG. It doesn’t matter either way but I like to research the breeds I have and learn as much as I can about them.

I am trying to decide what I want to put my oyster shell, grit and egg shells in. I see this feeder on Amazon and like the idea of the lid and the divider. It’s like $34 which seems pretty outrageous to me but I can’t find anything like it for cheaper. Right now I feed them in small metal dog...

I might just try to do that. Make her something short. Luckily the roost are not over where she sleeps but I would think she’d naturally like to roost.

The finished top. Added motion lights to the side of the run to maybe deter any pesky night critters. I will say we have hounds and do not typically see any critters. Hoping that continues even though we now have chickies. The tarp is not staying that was for something else yesterday. Also some...

She’s not any bigger than my Wyandotte or Bielefielder.