Posts by ncfastdogs

We use DE here.  I dust the birds, coop and run.  I haven't had any issues with bugs while using it, but mind you, I have only had chickens since April.  We don't use 7 b/c we have bees.  If a bee comes into the...

I would love to be more self-sufficient.  My dream is to be able to live completely off the grid.  As of right now, we have chickens and soon will be able to use them for eggs and meat.  We have bees and a veggie...

We have bees and chickens with no issues.  We have 3 hives and the chickens don't even notice the bees, but they are in different corners of the backyard.  I have heard that guineas will sit in front of the hive eating bees...

I'm trying to find information about the Gaston, SC chickenstock, but I couldn't find a thread about it. I saw in this one that it is this Saturday. Does anyone know times and an address?

I would take them in a heartbeat! Sadly, I'm new to chickens and none of my girls are laying yet, and I don't have any bantams Hopfully this will change soon!!

Quote:Originally Posted by OnceAroundTheBlock Wow, thanks all for the nice welcome!  Already I'm getting great advice on where to find my new additions to my pet family.  I can see I'm going to love this place...just might spend...

Hi and Welcome from Rutherford County!

I've been adding mine to the compost pile as well, but I think I am cleaning it out too often as well. It seems to me a lot of folks on here use a kitty scoop to clean out the poop from the coop. I think I am going to start trying that.

Welcome! I'm new to chickens as well and am from NC, too!

I have 6, 6 week old barred rocks. They have been having access to free range each day for about two weeks now. I had heard that since they get to free range in the backyard that they wouldn't need grit, but I'm worried that they won't...