Posts by boheme

Thank you!  I didn't realize they had molting before their first "big" molting as adults.  That makes so much sense now that I think about it, because first it was my three light colored EE's who were losing feathers, and...

So...how much feather loss is normal in a 2-3 month old chicken?  I have six and it seems like there are are always feathers on the ground or swirling on the breeze.   At first, I was worried that they were pecking each...

Well, I don't know for *sure* because I'm new to this myself, but we have hardwood, laminate, and ceramic flooring and I didn't let our chicks walk on the bare floors until they were 4-5 weeks old.  And then I watched carefully to...

I have a chicken tractor with small "run" space underneath that my chicks are growing out of.  We're constructing an 8'x16' run that will attach to the tractor.  It was originally only going to be 2 or 3 feet high but I...

I made removable nest boxes for easy cleaning, but I've had to keep them out altogether because that's where my chicks want to sleep.  I tried lowering the sides and then covering them up but they still wanting to sleep on...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cheeky Chick  Very nice little coop!! Very cute girls too-they look heppy!. I love the colors too!!     It's funny, the colors came about because a TON of paint came with...

AKA "chicken tractor".  But, but...our cottage is too pink and purple to be called a "tractor" so cottage it is. :D   I added our coop to the "coops" page here but everybody else posts pics in this forum so I guess I will...

Thanks to the OP for asking this!  I've been having exactly the same concern with my 5-6 week old chicks who've been spending their day in the chicken tractor run, happy and active.  Mostly very textbook chicken poos, but...

I've read that some are coated to prevent shattering, I guess it's teflon or similar to it.  But it can be poisonous.  I am assuming that the pyrex ones don't need the coating, except I found another brand online that looks...

I bought a red light today at Orscheln (their Country Tuff brand) and I didn't notice the "splatterproof" on the box until I went to check them one more time before going to bed.  The box was still on the counter and there it...