Posts by modenacart

Our chicks from Meyer were mailed yesterday using express mail.  The PO says they did not come on today's truck.  Can they live another day without food/water?

Thanks for the reply.  We did check for runny noses, but I'll give them a thorough looking over tonight.  

We have had five hens for just over four years (two Australorps, two BRs and one Polish).  Last week one of the Australorps went broody.  We would take her out of the coop each morning to try keep her out of the boxes to try...

We had two hens sit on the same eggs.  They would move the eggs around, but they seemed ok with sharing.  When the chicks hatched it was nice for there to be two mamas because one could take a break and go eat in the yard while...

To train your dog, get some broody chickens with chicks, then hold your dog down near the broody chickens, let the chickens out and let the attack from the broody hens begin.  Make sure to keep the dog restrained.  All the...

Mine will kick eggs out of the egg box sometimes too.

I would keep them out of the garden unless you want holes in all your produce.

Organic = waste of money.  Largely the buzz word of today.

We ordered two Polish pullets from My Pet Chicken (Meyers) and one turned out to be a rooster

My husband and I kept our six chicks in one of our bathrooms until they were big enough to go out to the coop/run.  We'd take them out of the brooder and let them run around the bathroom while we sat there and gave them...