Posts by Dawn419

Hello and Welcome to BYC! It could just be that they are still a bit stressed from their move.My girls have slowed down their laying due to the heat here. We've been 100+ F for quiet a while.

Kirstie1978,Our Silkies stayed broody all of the time, it seemed like. I'd put them in "chicken jail", they'd get over the broody and lay a few eggs and go right back into the "zone". I hated wasting broody hens, but...

Paula Deen Ruffles Some Feathers with Her Backyard Chicken Coop

Gee Cyn,Are those chickens or lap dogs??? Couldn't resist with those last 2 pix! Just too cute!

Hello and Welcome to BYC, Gerry2011!

Quote:Originally Posted by jinxschuh Did you use fencing panels or rolls? I'm curious because I was thinking the panels would be stiff and sturdy enough that they would create their own dome with out the need for wood framing...?...

Here's How To Clip Wings from the BYC Learning Center.Hope this is some help!I free range our Bantams and have been fencing in gardens from them. It seems like the higher I make the fence, the higher they show me they can fly.  ...

Hi and Welcome to BYC! Give them time and they'll figure it out, eventually.When we first put ours outside in the coop, they's spend the day in there, use the roosts for preening and then sleep out in the run at night. After a week or...

Oh My! This is like looking at our cat, Smoke! She was raised in a closed off (from the chickens) section of their old coop back in TN and we always joked that she would grow up thinking she was a chicken! She loves hanging out with the...

I was worried too, when we first let ours out to free range. We didn't have internet access at the time and didn't find much useful info on them at the library, which was really aggravating.I was so glad when they came home to roost...