Posts by PatS

We have 5 week old Buff Orps, who are living outside in their coop and run.  They are dealing fine with the cold nights, in the 50s, but I am worried on our plus 100 degree days we've had this week.  By the afternoon, they are...

Our dozen chickens have been out for a week and a few days, since they were 4 weeks old.  No light on at night this week, and it is in the 50s at night.  Several of them want to sleep next to the window, which it the coldest...

Thank you for your responses.GardenWeasel,  I have some buckwheat seed I was planning to plant, and I ordered some millet this morning. I have grown a little buckwheat in the past, when yours was at the seed stage did they just eat...

Knock wood, mine work fine so far.  I have a 3-gal. one in the coop and a 5-gal. one in the yard.  The 3 gal. one is hanging (oops!) and the 5 gal one is on bricks.  Sometimes water dribbles over the edge for a few...

We call scratch, "crack."  The chickens go berserk for it!

I am new to chickens, my dozen buff orpintons turned five weeks-old yesterday.I decided to raise chicken because I wanted more control over my own food supply.  But what about what I feed my chickens?  I know, that bagged stuff...

Thank you!  That is what we'll do.

We're almost done!  Now DH is working on a plan for the roosts.  I've read to use 2x4's.  I think what I'm seeing is that the chickens stand on the 2" wide part.  Okay -- dumb question: why not use 2x2's? ...

Yeah mine are a little "slow," too.  We took out the paper towels and they love scratching and pecking at the new stuff.  But they are still eating from he feeder, so we'll see.  I'll keep my fingers crossed...

Our chicks are just four days old.  We have paper towels covering the pine shavings because I was worried about the chicks eating the shavings.  We are going through a ton of paper towels though, because the birds are little...