Posts by pkeeler

Need to reduce my flock; had a big hatch this year and the hawks left us mostly alone.  Looking for good homes for our birds.   BYC wanted a $5 reserve price, but for BYC'ers who want to pick up, any offer is fine and we...

Sad news   I put Oscar under my broody hen and he was there when I went to sleep.  Somehow, during the night or early morning, he fell in with our white langshan hen who has three other 10 day old chicks.  She seemed to...

Oh oh, the kids named it Oscar.

I'd run a brooder for one chick, they just don't seem to like being alone.  If I had another chick to stick in there, but the other chicks I have are bigger and have been free ranging with their moms.

Was walking by the garbage can just now and I heard peeping from inside.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  We had two hens hatch 8 chicks about 10 days ago.  After they left the nest, I collected the unhatched eggs,...

I left my entrance flush with the floor to make it easy to get the bedding out.  To prevent bedding from falling out the door whenever I opened it (doors have to open out, btw), I put a removable running board in front of the...

The easiest place for human access would be the side opposite the roost pole.   Don't forget bedding depth when designing the chicken entrance.

I didn't know you had to wash or bake them.  Not sure why that would be important.  You do want to pulverize them good so the chickens don't know they are eggs.  Maybe it is easier to do so after washing and baking. ...

I've ordered two batches, one was 25 chicks and one was 15.  Of the 25, one chick died soon after arrival, but they had sent two extra.  Of the 15, they all survived and thrived and there were 7 extra.  Once they are...

Personally, I would call your eggs "Farm Fresh".  But, I believe you would be 'free range' in Europe.   I'd be comfortable calling chickens 'free range' if they have any access to foraging on their own. ...