Posts by jdavidphero

thanks so much for the advise. My ladies are still learning I guess? i will just keep putting them where I think they belong and I pray they willm catch on.

thanks so much for the advise.  My ladies are still learning I guess?  i will just keep putting them where I think they belong and I pray they willm catch on.

Its not like I do not have the time to put them up there, i just sorta expeceted them to know to go inside, oh well I guess I am learnind as well, thanks

great idea on the lights, but i would have built a larger coop if I realized i needed to actually PUT them on the roost.  I am sure they will be fine but I want them to learn asap.  Since they are sued to roosting themselves...

When I went out to check on the chickens (my first day with chickens) they were all just cuddled up in the run and had not gone indoors to roost?  Do they have to learn to climb the ramp or will I need to go aout there and catch...

well here in the city I do not have a ton of predation but just to be safe I went out there and showed them inside their coop and locked them in.  that last racoon comment kept going through my head so I redressed myself and went...

I have harware wire that will prevent any digging issues, but I guess snakes could get my chickens.  The bad thing is this is my first night and I am not sure how easily it would be to catch all my girls and put them...

If you look at this picture you can see I have an inside and outside to my coop and I was thinking I needed to secure my girls inside.  But the lady who gave me the chickens said she just "puts them to bed" by locking the pen...

I was under the impression to had to have a rooster to get chicks?  maybe I need to do some more reading and cancel getting chickens tomorrow?  Flogging and not knowing about how chicks are made is not showing i am so prepared.

Holy mackerel. flogged?!?!?     Verb 1. flog - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"   I thought I...