Posts by MaineChick

It's not really Styrofoam, it's the blue sheets of insulation around the bottom of the trailer we live in. The chickens will *not* stop pecking at it! It adds nothing to the decor of the front to have a ladder lying up against the place...

Thanks for the ideas. A better roo might be a good idea in the spring, but I am really hesitant about adding adults to the flock. But my egg problems are over, at least for one Sussex. She was fussing one day, nowhere near the other 4...

FeatherSnuggles, Thanks so much for the links. I know every question has  probably been answered someplace, but I can't always find the right thread. Those two are great, and most helpful.And thanks for your sympathy. I had no idea...

Ok, I need help. New to keeping chickens this year, and have some questions. Background - Bought 5 Buff Orpingtons and 5 Speckled Sussex hatched April 29. They shipped fine including an extra BO. I read this board like it was the chicken...

I've got 2, both almost 13 weeks. One has been crowing - or at least flapping his wings about, stretching his neck out and making appalling noises in the morning - for nearly a month. Haven't heard a word from the other one yet. The one...

Oh, Please, please, please have your daughter make the tiny rabbit ears. Take pics!!!!still giggling...

I rarely go barefoot - but my husband sometimes does, and has opened the coop and let our 11 free rangers out no problem. This morning, though, he came back in the house for a moment and then went outside again. The not so nice roo, Big...

I keep checking to see what they like. Broccoli is ick. Apples are good. Strawberries are yum. Bananas are the best so far, a couple of enterprising young ladies have learned that I am inattentive while dispensing banana bits, and if you...

It apparently varies a lot, from just a few weeks to 20, depending upon breed and perhaps upon how much they have to say.I've got 2 Buff Orpingtons that seemed to have much redder combs than the other 4, and a hint of wattle. They are 8...

Is fine cracked corn okay to give 7 week old chickens as grit? I feed it daily, a bit less than a half cup for 11 chicks and they eat it up. Too much?Thanks for starting this thread, I'd begun to wonder if what I was providing was what...