Posts by goldnchocolate

    Hello and welcome from south central Massachusetts!!  

Hi   A couple of years ago I hatched several batches of chicks, one batch a week for 4 weeks.  I found that 2 weeks, in age difference, seemed to be the limit of putting the littles with the bigger chicks. Once the...

Congratulations on your first chicks and ducklings!! It can be very addictive!!

You should keep him separate because you don't know what types of issues he will be bringing with him. I took a couple of free silkie roos that I saw on Craigslist and was stupid enough to introduce them to my flock on the first day....

Quote: Originally Posted by bj taylor  i'm jealous of your automatic door.  that is on my short list.  i have lights outside the coop that come on at dusk.  i'm wondering how to work that out with light...

If you have access to a child's sandbox you can use sand for grit. If you are worried about it being unsterile just bake it in your oven for 10 minutes or so.

I made a swing, for my chicks, out of a branch and clothesline tied at both ends and hung from the rafters. They loved it!

Quote: Originally Posted by wsmoak  FWIW, I got my shrink bags from:  http://poultryshrinkbags.blogspot.com/ .    -Wendy They have a wonderful picture tutorial on how to shrink wrap the...

Hahaha....it looks like they fell asleep while reading the newspaper!!   Home Depot carries 100 wt 'landscaping' bulbs that are red but are w-a-y cooler and less expensive than the 250 wt heat bulbs. 

My oldest hen was a buff orp named Fat Blondie. She passed away just weeks before she turned 11 yrs old.