Raising chickens

lisab

Eating eggs from a Roger...that seems wrong to me.

dlgoff

Being loved by a Roger Chicken seems wrong to me.

lisab

Aaawwww...is she a sweet hen? Most of the ones I had were kind of stand-off-ish, but once in a while there would be one would was very affectionate. Usually that meant pecking at my shoe but that's how they show love .

Chickens are great!

dlgoff

Roger loves to be petted. When I enter the coup, she flies up to the nesting boxes and gets her body right next to me in order to cuddle up. I have to hug her and stroke her feathers. When I told my neighbor about how affectionate she was he didn't believe it until I showed him. He shook his head in amazement while he was petting her.

dlgoff

A couple of Roger pictures.

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edward

Oh Oh, now I am remembering last summer when I chicken sat with my neighbors hens. That was a long two weeks. (post 81)

Evo

ROGER!!!!!

What a special chicken!!!

dlgoff

Roger isn't as friendly now that she's got a boyfriend.

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dlgoff

I decided to see if Big Boy the rooster is doing his job. So I've temporally turned my daughter's old room into a chicken lab.

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Evo

Whoah!!! Hi tech chicken hatchery!!

dlgoff

Well, I modified the cheap still-air model but did buy an egg "turner". I would have made the whole thing but I used my last old temp controller. This thing uses a UAA2016 Zero Voltage Switch Power Controller and after adding an old computer 12vdc fan (powered by a 7.5vdc wall wart) to provide a little resistance, it's very stable at 37.5°C. I didn't want to disturb the temperature by opening box and adding water, so I added an external pump and supply also.

OmCheeto

Yesterday, I read what I assumed was going to be a very funny story, about an exploding man and his chickens.

It ended up, being very sad.

Don, If the "Officials" ever come for you and your chickens, give me a call. I know people who own guns.

ps. I live in the urban chicken capital of America, in case your chickens are afraid of guns.
pps. I have 4 spare boats full of rain water and cat poop, but no spare rooms. Buy a motorhome if you plan on visiting, and living comfortably.

sincerely,

Om

dlgoff

Okay. I'm finally over my worry. kinda.

Roger! WTF!

The big one is from yesterday and the little one she squeaked out today.

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Evo

Whoa!!! Go roger!!

Hope she's not sore.

lisab

Holy moly! I've never seen such a difference in egg size.

Don, how do you know which egg comes from which chicken? Is Roger your only brown-egg layer?

dlgoff

I have two hens (and big-boy the rooster). Rogers eggs are darker than the other hen's, as those are sometimes almost white. As for knowing which one laid the little one; roger was just getting off the nest when I when into their coop this afternoon. I suppose she could have been setting on the other hens "squeaker".

Ms Music

You sure you don't have a prankster in the neighborhood? That is more like the size of an emu egg, not a chicken! And it doesn't appear to have any rings on it to show that it was difficult for her to lay.

Look into records and get that thing weighed!

You should take bets on how many yolks it contains. :)