Posts by DIMBY

Is 'he' the only one? I've read in a few posts that if he is, it may take a bit longer. Mine started crowing at 8-9 weeks, but there were three of them, lots of strutting and proving themselves.

DE = diatomaceous earth, you can purchase it at most ag stores, I get a 50 pound bag for $25, it goes a long way. It helps to keep off flies, mites and I've read here even helps with their digestion. When I clean out the hen house, I...

When I got chickens a few years ago I had three dogs, a beagle, a rotty-mix and a border collie. All of them were 6+ years and the only issue I had was with the rotty, who wanted to pluck and eat feathers, of all things. That happened...

I've had good luck with all of my dogs, but this is the first time with young puppies, so it's a work in progress...

Hubby and I went crazy last week, decided to look for a puppy - and brought home two of them, brothers that we just didn't want to separate. Got them from our local animal shelter, they're 10 weeks old and Aussies. We've had such good...

yes, I know a lady whose hen was still laying after 12 years (not often, but an egg or two a week). I love my sex links, I have 11 of them now and I wouldn't have anything else. No Roos, they are so easy going and lay HUGE eggs. I'm a...

Cleo is a bit over two, I expect this will be her last summer laying, but as with all my girls I'll let her just hang out and relax until she flies off to the big Hen House in the sky.

My sex links, I have black and red - this year I added a couple of brown sex links, they haven't started laying yet. One of my red sexlinks, Cleo, specializes in this color. Here she is as a baby, already spoiled, and as adult with...

I'm blatantly bragging today - my girls' eggs won another blue ribbon at our county fair - the second year in a row. There was a LOT of competition this year - about 10 entries, so this one is really special. One of the entrants asked...

Hello, all, thought I'd post my "Part Two" to my new chicken coop. My original post is here: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/674584/look-what-i-got but I hadn't had the time to plan and do the second part - specifically, the...