I posted about my new girls that I just got but have a question, well a couple actually.
I know I should isolate them from the flock. And I have...

Our very own thegawd has a cake and candle day today!!

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Al

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All the best! Hope you get suitably spoiled for the day

There have been a few times on PTO where I have read or shared some pretty Private poop.
Then I worry IF I crossed the FUN chicken site line, and...

New girls that I picked up at OPB today. :wee: 65A62295-F7EC-4C06-810D-67B9BFDA8362.jpeg

Happy Birthday TomK !!
Hope you enjoy the day and all the Best!
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Alas, our brave rooster, Barred Rock Bert passed away on Friday. I was checking a particular set of nesting boxes because I clean do-do's out of them...

So much for getting ahead of Big Momma's fall sickness 🙁.

I thought we had a handle on it but she passed away this evening minutes after I went out...

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Betty was a Banty Cochin and was my very first chicken. She came to live with me when she was already 18 months old. She was...

Yay! The chickens that hatched at the end of May are starting to lay!
Yesterday, there was a very small egg (much larger than a fairy egg) in a...

Yesterday Dr. Oz talked about eggless eggs . Someone has invented a plant-based (soy, peas, and some other things) egg mix - comes in liquid or...

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend folks .

Well in my one group of growouts, old enough to tell ,a group of 13 it looks like I have 3 pullets!!!
Oh my goodness, how do I do it, I sold about...

Lots a migratory robins & blue jays in bush . Some having a quick bath in bird baths before heading south .

On Wednesday Dr. Oz is going to talk about a survey that shows a link between eating chicken and some cancers. I plan to watch. I'm curious.

I have a weasel. I’ve seen it kill mice, so that’s good, but I have seen it around during the day. I always thought they were more of a night...

I don't know ... they know how to cause they use the outside roosts but at night they are all crammed in a corner on the floor. It doesn't feel like...

I have had one or two of this colour egg, not regular, but I have had them. Almost a dusty rose. So this one, I brought it in and took this pic and...

:run: My silly chickens seem to like just about everything but love soft apples, pears, left over potatoe salad ( went over real well with them...

Sittin in the yard today enjoying the change from summer to fall including the hawk . 200 feet away at the barn Cooper hawk comes flying in low under...

Hi, does anyone know if it will damage the motor if I store my incubator outside (in unheated shed) over the winter?
Or my brooder plates?

Happy Birthday ross !!
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Hope you are heaving a great one!!

Slow feathering? What's your experience? Male or female?

HAVE A GREAT ONE . Can’t make it to Port Dover , be safe