Posts by AlienChick

The DE becomes useless once it becomes wet. So as soon as you water your garden, the DE is gone.

Quote: Originally Posted by RaniaH  So I shouldn't change their food until they start laying?    Yes, wait for them to start laying.     When will they start laying?  It varies...

If you have anything growing in your garden, then do not put the chicken manure directly on the garden (it's too hot). If the garden is not going to be used for a few months, you can put the manure on it and till it into the soil and...

Enjoy your new babies! And thanx for updating us with the picture.

Sprinkle some DE in the dirt where the chickens enjoy dust-bathing. They will kick up the DE mixed with the dirt into their feathers and do a way better job of dusting themselves than you can ever do. It is very fine and not...

You can handle them at any time. Just remember that baby chicks need lots of sleep. You might want to wait a couple of weeks before feeding them anything other than their starter feed. I, personally, do not feed anything extra to...

With temps running on the lower end, chicks will hatch a day or two later. With temps running on the higher end, chicks will hatch a day or two sooner. I keep mine at around 99.7. You can view an instruction manual for adjusting...

  from Kentucky (lived in Dublin/Walnut Creek for a while).   Sounds like Lucy, Betty, Ethel and Wilma are very lucky!   You can keep feeding them chick starter or grower until they begin to lay eggs. Once...

Quote: Originally Posted by designer43  . . . They had a big biker dude last year who was very knowlegable. Imagine a biker that raises silkies          Wish we had a big biker...

Aarrruughhhhh!!! I had to leave for an event yesterday before sundown, so I wanted to make sure all the baby chicks (one week old) were tucked underneath their EcoGlow brooder and not running around. Temps were supposed to be in...