Posts by chickadeedeedee

as an update to my squirrel chasing chicken.... yesterday she got one.  Blew my mind!  for 6 years now my Boxers have been chasing squirrels in our backyard  and it took this lil red sex link to nab one in just four...

WOW... plz keep us informed.  Good luck and well wishes.

I have four chickens, two leghorns and two ISA's,  they are all 18 weeks old (and nopers no eggs yet but thats a totally different story NOT to get started on!!).  My girls (possibly one guy)  free range alot of the...

Thanks Southernbelle.

at what age, if there is a certain age, is a hen more likely to go broody?  I know this is a silly question but very curious here.

Newbie here ... What does MPC stand for?Thanks

I agree with you Barnyard,  whew tiring just reading!  Our coop has hardware mesh on the bottom inside (roosting area) as well as the bottom of the run.  Under the roosting coop mesh I have a poop drawer that I take out...

Have a 10 week old LH who hasn't started crowin yet but he knows his name well.  Its Chip.  (from Chip and Dale, long story and no we don't have a Dale!)

I put some baby carrots out for my chickies as a treat and they pretty much scoffed at them.  I had cut them up and left some whole.  They love raw veggies other than carrots.  So it must be a carrot thing eh?

here mildew is a big problem so I do change my chickies 2/3 gallon waterer daily.  It seems that if water sits out even just over night during the summer mildew starts forming on the sides both inside the container and on the...