Posts by blake2727

So we were going to buy 5 chicks to start with but the day before we were getting those five I stopped by TSC for feed and things and ended up buying 5 Production Reds to go with them so that made 10. Well I just got off the phone with...

The good thing is that they couldn't get in to run and for sure not the coop. I think the electric fence addition will hopefully stop them from even trying. If only these two were like my lab who could care less if a chicken was riding...

I put my chicks in the coop for the first time last night. I have three dogs (two are litter mates who are curious about everything) and after I put the chicks in the coop one of my dogs came back to the backyard with me but...

Do you guys hang your feed and water from a rope or string or something where it can swing freely or more of a hard mount where it can't move? Does it matter either way? My chicks spent the first night in there coop last night and I...

My chicks poo was runny and it seemed to harden up when I started adding apple cider vinigar to their water. It may not have had anything to do with it but it seems like it helped.

I have never had a chicken in my life until about two weeks ago when we got 10 layers. We have cows and horses and have had them our whole life but have never has chickens until now. As I said we now have 10 layers about 2 weeks old...

It will be two weeks Thursday since we got our chicks. I hope to have the hen house and run finished by Thursday or Friday afternoon. The whole thing has about 8" deep and 6" wide of concrete poured at the base, is completely inclosed...

Sorry I just noticed the question about the feathers on the legs. I honestly don't know if the have feathers on the legs or not but I will check when I get home tomorrow. These pics are a few days old and they are much bigger and more...

Thanks for the the answers. They all have a little white on them but the one pictured has a lot more than the rest. I think they are mixed but does anyone know possibly what mixes would look like this?

I know that the redish brown ones are production reds but I don't know what the black ones are. I bought the reds at TSC and my wife got the blacks from the local 4H. Does anyone have any idea what breed the black ones...