Posts by PDXcluck

UPDATE 09/17/12   I still have no idea if Aabbee ever had cocci or not. The treatment with Corid definitely seemed to help her, as she stopped being fluffed up all the time and was just more active in general.   Since...

As a MN native...CONGRATS!!!!  

We used medicated starter and then switched to Organic and I would do the same again for sure. Even with the medicated started one of our chicks got what I presume was coccidiosis. I treated with corid and she got better so I assume it...

I've got two hens laying, one started on August 16th and the other on August 19th. The first egg was in the shavings in the floor of the coop, the second was in the sand in the run, the third was in their outer fenced area (their...

http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/science_and_impacts/science/engineered-foods-allowed-on.html   Here is a list of all GM foods allowed on the market from the Union of Concerned Scientists website. You could...

Quote: Originally Posted by lovesun  How is the idea working?  We currently have a dirt floor with pea gravel on it and it does get smelly so we are considering either sand or hay on top.  I've heard that...

Edit, bad math above... 67,115 + 4 = 67,119

We got two eggs yesterday, so both the light Brahma and the RIR are laying. We ate our first backyard egg yesterday morning, and it was fantastic. Cheers!

The big egg is a grade a jumbo. She didn't lay again today, but the RIR walked right up to me and squatted today! Hopefully her first egg is not far behind Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk 2

HA, wouldn't you know it - the day I post this is the day we got our first egg!   My wife was home with the kids all day yesterday and she said "Henny (light brahma) was in the coop a lot today making lots of noise. I peeked...