Posts by lotzahenz

What do you think is the best to put on the bottom of a new chick brooder for day olds up to 2 weeks old?  It would need to be lifted out, by brooder is 24 in x 48 in. heavy wood box. It would need to be tiny, right?

They are the official egg of:  Green Eggs and Ham, so they will taste extra good, just like the rest of the home grown eggs.  The eggs taste according to what the hen eats, so a natural diet makes the best tasting eggs, an...

Hi,  I am an hour plus south of Cincy.  I will gladly ship you a white silkie hen for the cost of a box and actual shipping and $12.00 for the hen.  I can send pics and let you pic which one you want. I have about 5...

That is what I am thinking to do too.  I had some suet cages that I am using, they work great but I only have two.  They need to be tall enough to hold eggs and chicks but not so tall as to hinder the bottom tray from...

I am hatching my eggs in the hatcher drawer of the Sportsman and need a BETTER way to keep the chicks separated at hatch time.  I do not want to open the door too often and as of now I am using plastic baskets, a suet feeder cage...

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There are 8 hatched so far, with 3 more to go!  Very alert and active, healthy poults.  

I think it is too early to tell, but I would guess a hen first there and then a Tom.  One has bigger thicker legs and one has a bigger head too, he also has the bigger legs.  Of course, they may not be the same age, but...

I would go with the tree area, for the shade and weather protection.  Out in the open is often windy, too hot or too cold and chickens just seem to like trees.  My coop in in a small orchard, so the birds get the fallen fruit...