Hello,
We still have our big Blue Cochin hen, Bluebell, that is in need of a good home. She is a great girl, very easily handled and will fall asleep on her back when held :) but has just decided that she can not live with her coop-mate Daisey. She out weighs her by about 3 times and even...
We have a big beautiful Blue Cochin hen that needs a good home. She has decided that she just can't leave another one of our girls alone even after we tried the pinless peepers with her. She would probably be fine with other birds but our Daisey was debeaked when we got her so she can't defend...
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I have a tiny little flock consisting of 2 beautiful birds (formerly 3, R.I.P. Buttercup) that live a very pampered lifestyle here in Minneapolis. They have a sweet insulated and heated coop with attached sand and boulder filled run with all the food and scratch and treats they want...
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Looking for more good advice from the BYC chicken pros.
My young EE Buttercup just started laying her beautiful blue green eggs and her first 2 have had what looks like a little blood smeared on the shell. Her vent looks fine and she seems happy and healthy. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
C
It finally happened! Daisey the mystery chicken laid her first egg. Good job Daisey!!!
Daisey is the first chicken my wife and I have ever even seen up close. We found her down at the beach at our new house a couple months ago in Minneapolis city proper (which is a strange place to "find" a...
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I live in Minneapolis city proper and am allowed 5 hens by the city rules. So in the interest of making a nice diverse little flock of pet egg layers I would love to find a true BC Marans that lays real dark eggs. If anyone can refer me to a good Minnesota breeder I would really...
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My little 5 month old blue cochin, Bluebell, came to me sick and dirty with some badly beaten foot and leg feathers. Now she is healthy and clean and seems to be growing new feathers everywhere and turning into a real ball of fluff, everywhere except her legs and feet. I think I've seen...
So I decided to purchase one of these for the coop. The same unit they have at mypetchicken.com that measures roughly 2'x2'. Can someone that has one tell me how long the cord is for this. I am still finishing the electrical in the coop so knowing the length of the cord will help determine the...
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I'm just finishing up my coop as winter is setting in here in Minnesota and am to the point where I need to decide which heat source to use. It will either be the 24" square flat panel eco heater that a few of you are using, or an in floor electric radiant heat system.
My coop is 3'...
Daisey is my mystery hchicken. I think she is around 6 months old, about 5 pounds and is maybe a Wyandotte mix. I found her about a month ago. She has been happy and healthy. She eats organic layer feed with a little cracked corn.
Tonight I came home and she was totally normal and running...
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I recently found/cought a chicken in my neighborhood, what appears to be a beautiful young Wyandotte. She is so charming and funny I decided to build her a coop and get her some friends. We are animal lovers and vegetarians in my house so she hit the jackpot. That was a few weeks...
Hello, I have recently adopted a stray hen that I found loose in my neighborhood and now have decided to make her part of the herd and get her a few companions. I'm using the space I have available in my garage to do a coop in the garage and a run attached to the garage. The dimensions of the...