Posts by Tigertrea

For me the question came down to why I have chickens. For me a huge part is self-sufficiency. Now, having electricity in my coop would defeat that purpose unless I used alternative sources of energy. I do not so, if the power goes out...

I have yet to go out to the garage fridge to take a look at the egg but, my hubby said we got a white egg yesterday!   I have 2 RIR (hatchery stock, likely mixed), 2 BRs, 2 BSL and 3 "columbian reds". I have always gotten...

I switched foods with my girls a little while ago. They refused the new food. They spread it around their coop trying to get to their old food for 2 days before I ran out of the old stuff. They then had no choice but to eat the new...

When I peel shrimp I microwave the shells and crush them a bit. I've used my mini food processor for this and that made it much faster. I have only fed them shrimp shells a few times but, no problems yet.

The dogs will go after the chickens. It only takes one time of them getting a quick shock going through the electric fence before they realized the pain is worth the reward.   I have Huskies though and no form of electric...

3 nest boxes, 9 hens here. They all lay in one box. I'll occasionally see somebody in another box but, I always find all eggs in one nest lol.

I always say the main thing I'd do different is build bigger. Sounds like that won't be much of an issue for you.   I like going into my coop to collect eggs. It gives me a good chance to see the condition of the inside and...

I have a dog run for my chicken run. I have it have chicken wire and chain link for fencing on it. On the top I have cattle fencing and chicken wire. In the summer I put a sun shade over it and in the winter I have a tarp. I also have...

When I flushed out my girl I did it myself, nobody holding for me. I always started with the wrapped but, she usually wriggled out of it by the time I was done. By no means did she like it being done but, she put up with it. Tip #1...

I haven't read all the posts, just the first and last few. I had a girl get sour crop around 4mo old. I treated her with flushing/vomiting her for a day then using monostat for about 10 days. She was eating, drinking and pooping but,...